climb
Betekenis (Engels)
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- To ascend; rise; to go up.
- To mount; to move upwards on.
- To scale; to get to the top of something.
- To move (especially up and down something) by gripping with the hands and using the feet.
- To practise the sport of climbing.
- To jump high.
- To move to a higher position on the social ladder.
- To move to a higher position on a chart, table, society, etc.
- Of plants, to grow upwards by clinging to something.
Concepten
Synoniemen
clamber up
hold on to
climb on
get on board
strech
side of hill
be lifted
ride a horse
wind around
go upstream
claw one’s way up
climb up the wood
swarm up
get out of a car
Frequentie
Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/klaɪm/
Etymologie (Engels)
In summary
From Middle English climben, from Old English climban (“to climb”), from Proto-West Germanic *klimban, from Proto-Germanic *klimbaną (“to climb, go up by clinging”), believed to be a nasalised variant of Proto-Germanic *klibaną, *klibāną (“to stick, cleave”), from Proto-Indo-European *gley- (“to stick”). Cognate with West Frisian klimme (“to climb”), Dutch klimmen (“to climb”), German klimmen (“to climb”), Old Norse klembra (“to squeeze”), Icelandic klifra (“to climb”). Related to clamber. See also clay, glue.
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