climb

(klīm)

v. climbed, climb·ing, climbs

v.intr.

a. To move upward, especially by using the hands and feet: We climbed until we reached the shelter. The truck climbed the mountain highway.

b. To move in a specified direction by using the hands and feet: climbed down the ladder; climbed out the window.

c. To engage in the activity or sport of mountain climbing.

2. To rise slowly or steadily; ascend: The plane climbed into the clouds. See Synonyms at rise.

3. To slant or slope upward: The road climbs steeply to the top.

4. To grow in an upward direction, as some plants do, often by means of twining stems or tendrils.

v.tr.

1. To move upward on or mount, especially by using the hands and feet or the feet alone; ascend: The hikers climbed the mountain. We climbed the stairs. The tractor climbed the hill.

2. To grow in an upward direction on or over: ivy climbing the walls.

1. An act of climbing; an ascent: a long, exhausting climb to the top.

2. A place to be climbed: The face of the cliff was a steep climb.

Idiom:

climb the walls

To be anxious or frantic.

[Middle English climben, from Old English climban.]

climb′a·ble (klī′mə-bəl) adj.

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climbing

(ˈklaɪmɪŋ)

the activity of ascending, esp rocks or mountains

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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

climbing - an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.)

mounting, climb

rising, ascension, ascent, rise - a movement upward; "they cheered the rise of the hot-air balloon"

Translations

تَسَلُّق

horolezectví

klatring

Klettern

αναρρίχηση αναρριχητικός ορειβασία

escalada

kiipeäminen

escalade

penjanje

alpinismo arrampicata

クライミング

등반

plezanje

klättring

การปีน

dağcılık

sự leo trèo

攀登

climbing

[ˈklaɪmɪŋ]

A. N (= rock climbing) → montañismo m, alpinismo m, andinismo m (LAm)
to go climbing → hacer montañismo or alpinismo, ir de escalada

B. CPD climbing frame N estructura metálica en la cual los niños juegan trepando
climbing irons NPL → garfios mpl

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climbing

[ˈklaɪmɪŋ] n (gen) → escalade f (also rock climbing) → varappe f
to go climbing → faire de l'escalade
We're going climbing in Scotland → Nous allons faire de l'escalade en Écosse.climbing accident n → accident m d'escaladeclimbing boot n → chaussure f de montagneclimbing frame n → cage f à poulesclimbing wall n → mur m d'escalade

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climbing

adj

→ Berg(steiger)-; (= rock climbing) → Kletter-; accident, partner → beim Bergsteigen; we are going on a climbing holiday → wir gehen im Urlaub zum Bergsteigen/Klettern; climbing club → Bergsteiger-/Kletterklub m; climbing speed (Aviat) → Steiggeschwindigkeit f

plant → Kletter-

→ Bergsteigen nt; (= rock climbing) → Klettern nt; to go climbing → bergsteigen/klettern gehen, zum Bergsteigen/Klettern gehen; we did a lot of climbing → wir sind viel geklettert

(pej: also social climbing) → sozialer Aufstieg

climbing

climbing frame

n → Klettergerüst nt

climbing irons

pl → Steigeisen pl

climbing plant

n → Kletter- or Schlingpflanze f

climbing wall

n → Kletterwand f

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climbing

[ˈklaɪmɪŋ] n (rock climbing) → alpinismo
to go climbing → andare a far roccia

climbing

→ تَسَلُّق horolezectví klatring Klettern ορειβασία escalada kiipeäminen escalade penjanje alpinismo クライミング 등반 bergsport klatring wspinaczka alpinismo восхождение klättring การปีน dağcılık sự leo trèo 攀登

I'd like to go climbing → Chtěl bych si jít zalozit → Jeg vil gerne klatre → Ich möchte gerne klettern gehen → Quisiera ir de escalada → Haluaisin kiipeillä → J'aimerais faire de l'escalade → Želim ići planinariti → Vorrei fare un'arrampicata → 등산을 하고 싶어요 → Ik wil graag klimmen → Jeg vil gjerne klatre → Chciałbymsię powspinać → Eu queria ir escalar → Jag skulle vilja klättra → Tırmanmaya gitmek isterim → Tôi muốn đi leo núi → 我想去攀岩

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Immediately, and with great caution and quietness, we began climbing up the cliff.

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Again and again he slipped back, losing all that he had gained, while the lion kept steadily at his climbing, coming ever closer and closer to the ape-man.

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The little ant-- observing that I was noticing--turned him on his back, sunk his fangs into his throat, lifted him into the air and started vigorously off with him, stumbling over little pebbles, stepping on the spider's legs and tripping himself up, dragging him backward, shoving him bodily ahead, dragging him up stones six inches high instead of going around them, climbing weeds twenty times his own height and jumping from their summits--and finally leaving him in the middle of the road to be confiscated by any other fool of an ant that wanted him.

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"Suppose," said Ojo, "you wait here and let me do the climbing, for it's on my account we're searching for the dark well.

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And above all did I learn standing and walking and running and leaping and climbing and dancing.

This however is my teaching: he who wisheth one day to fly, must first learn standing and walking and running and climbing and dancing:--one doth not fly into flying!

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NATURAL HISTORY OF THE VALLEY--GOLDEN LIZARDS--TAMENESS OF THE BIRDS--MOSQUITOES--FLIES--DOGS--A SOLITARY CAT--THE CLIMATE--THE COCOANUT TREE--SINGULAR MODES OF CLIMBING IT--AN AGILE YOUNG CHIEF--FEARLESSNESS OF THE CHILDREN--TOO-TOO AND THE COCOANUT TREE--THE BIRDS OF THE VALLEY

The less active among the men, and many of the children of the valley have another method of climbing. They take a broad and stout piece of bark, and secure each end of it to their ankles, so that when the feet thus confined are extended apart, a space of little more than twelve inches is left between them.

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A CLIMBING centre in Brighouse is inviting people to hang out at a special open day.

Learn the ropes - come climbing for a day of fun; chance to enjoy sport debuting at olympics

Now living with the eye condition macular degeneration, Jim Thomson, of Avoch, has led an extremely active life rock climbing across the world.

Veteran rocks in climb challenge for sight charity; Cause: Eye condition no barrier for Jim, 95

Robbie, from Burdiehouse, Edinburgh, took up climbing at 15.

THE HEIGHT OF ACHIEVEMENT; CLIMBER CONQUERS ALPINE TRILOGY Scot becomes first Brit to scale Euro mountain challenge