climb

Meaning

Verb

1. (intransitive) To ascend; rise; to go up.
2. (transitive) To mount; to move upwards on.
3. (transitive) To scale; to get to the top of something.
4. (transitive) To move (especially up and down something) by gripping with the hands and using the feet.
5. (intransitive) To practise the sport of climbing.
6. (intransitive) To jump high.
7. To move to a higher position on the social ladder.
8. To move to a higher position on a chart, table, society, etc.
9. Of plants, to grow upwards by clinging to something.

Noun

1. An act of climbing.
2. The act of getting to somewhere more elevated.
3. An effort of moving upward.

Synonyms

ascend

go up

rise

mount

scale

clamber

scramble

ascent

creep

climb up

climbing

🧗

crawl

get on

ride

board

embark

jump

upgrade

emerge

soar

get

come out

mounting

shin

lift

claw

advance

arise

raise

climb on

cross

hold on to

clamber up

get on board

billow

uprise

swarm

straighten

wax

come up

acclivity

rise up

rack

cling to

ascending

increase

get up

hike

descend

break

Translations

grimper

klettern

monter

steigen

trepar

subir

salire

klimmen

escalar

subir

scalare

escalader

gravir

trepar

arrampicarsi

Pronounced as (IPA)

/klaɪm/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: climben

Inherited from Old English: climban

Cognate with Western Frisian: klimme

Cognate with Dutch: klimmen

Cognate with German: klimmen

Cognate with Old Norse: klembra

Cognate with Icelandic: klifra

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.