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Climbing

verb
/ˈklaɪ̯mɪŋ/
Word Frequency: 6.9

Definitions

1.verbTo ascend; rise; to go up.
"Prices climbed steeply."
2.verbTo mount; to move upwards on.
"Climbing a tree"
3.verbTo scale; to get to the top of something.
4.verbTo move (especially up and down something) by gripping with the hands and using the feet.
5.verbTo practise the sport of climbing
6.verbTo jump high
7.verbTo move to a higher position on the social ladder.
8.verbOf plants, to grow upwards by clinging to something.
9.nounThe sport of climbing, ascending a wall or a rock or another object using available holds, generally with the safety of a rope and belayer.
"The next day, the team had to wear special ice climbing footwear while repairing other research devices on the glacier."
10.nounClimb; ascent.
11.adjective(of a plant) That climbs; that grows upwards by gripping onto a surface.

Synonyms

scaleascendingmountingscandentmountaineeringescaladehikingsoaringboardingclimberridingscaling

Rhymes With

chimingslimingprimingrimingmimingtimingpump primingrhyming
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