climb
climb is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.To ascend as if with effort; to rise to a higher point. Black vapors climb aloft, and cloud the day. Dryden.
- 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.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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- What is to ascend as if with effort; to rise to a higher point. Black vapors climb aloft, and cloud the day. Dryden called?
- What is to ascend or creep upward by twining about a support, or by attaching itself by tendrills, rootlets, etc., to a support or upright surface called?
- What is to ascend, as by means of the hands and feet, or laboriously or slowly; to mount called?
- What is the act of one who climbs; ascent by climbing. Warburton called?
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- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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