What does "climb" mean?
Climb: To ascend as if with effort; to rise to a higher point. Black vapors climb aloft, and cloud the day. Dryden.
Additional senses
- 2.(Bot.) To ascend or creep upward by twining about a support, or by attaching itself by tendrills, rootlets, etc., to a support or upright surface.
- 3.To ascend, as by means of the hands and feet, or laboriously or slowly; to mount.
- 4.The act of one who climbs; ascent by climbing. Warburton.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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