climb

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"Keep your wind for the climb, and stop gassing The two started on, and the climb was a silent one.

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  1. transitive verb To move upward on or mount, especially by using the hands and feet or the feet alone; ascend: climb a mountain; climbed the stairs.
  2. transitive verb To grow in an upward direction on or over: ivy climbing the walls.
  3. intransitive verb To move oneself upward, especially by using the hands and feet.
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  • The worst part of the climb was the ever-present sheep manure on the trail, slimy and slippery. —  Spearwielder's Tale 3.htm
  • Somewhere dry , somewhere where the most steps I have to climb is to my porch What about mountains and mining? —  Witch Star.htm
  • The ground was wet and very, very muddy, and the climb was an effort, my feet making a sucking sound in the mud after every step. —  Celtic Riddle
  • His favorite part of the climb is a segment called the "wormhole," which is a hole in the cliff you have to climb through the back of to get to next section. —  The Daily Utah Chronicle RSS
  • Known as the "Ventoux Little Sister", La Montagne de Lure will host it's first ever race and the 13.8 kilometre slog up the climb is the only summit finish of Paris-Nice.
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ascent ·  ride ·  descent ·  hike ·  march ·  journey ·  trek ·  pull ·  jump ·  leap ·  plunge ·  incline

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climb:   climbed ·  climbing ·  climbs
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English climben, from Old English climban.

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  1. Early modern English also clime, clyme; from Middle English climben, climen, clemen (preterit clam, clamb, clomb, plural clamben, clomben, clumben, clomme, past participle clomben, clumben), from Anglo-Saxon climban (preterit *clamb, *clomm (in comp. oferclomm), plural *clumbon, clumben, past participle *clumben) = Middle Dutch, Dutch klimmen = Old High German chlimban, Middle High German chlimben, klimben, klimmen, German klimmen, climb; cf. MG. klimmen, pinch, hold fast, Middle High German verklimmen, in past participle verklommen, benumbed with cold (see clumse); from the orig. verb, Teutonic *kliman (Anglo-Saxon *climman), stick to, adhere, whence also the series clam, clam, clem, clamp, etc.: see these words. Cf. also obsolete clive, climb, and cling.
  2. from climb, v.
 

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