climbing
/หklaษชฬฏmษชล/IPA: /K L AY1 M IH0 NG/
- 1
To ascend; rise; to go up.
โPrices climbed steeply.โ
- 2
To mount; to move upwards on.
โClimbing a treeโ
- 3
To scale; to get to the top of something.
- 4
To move (especially up and down something) by gripping with the hands and using the feet.
- 5
To practise the sport of climbing
- 6
To jump high
- 7
To move to a higher position on the social ladder.
- 8
Of plants, to grow upwards by clinging to something.
Synonyms
- 1
The sport of climbing, ascending a wall or a rock or another object using available holds, generally with the safety of a rope and belayer.
โThe next day, the team had to wear special ice climbing footwear while repairing other research devices on the glacier.โ
- 2
Climb; ascent.
- 1
(of a plant) That climbs; that grows upwards by gripping onto a surface.
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Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/climb, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/climbing