Climb definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary CLIMB, v.i. 1. To creep up by little and little ... the body, and by thrusting with the feet; as, to climb a tree or a precipice. And he ran before and ... To rise or ascend with a slow motion. Black vapors climb aloft. CLIMB, v.t. 1. To ascend by means of the hands ... and feet, implying labor, difficulty and slow progress; as, to climb a wall, or a steep mountain. 2. To mount ...
climb up definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) v 1: go upward with gradual or continuous progress; "Did you ever climb up the hill behind your house?" [syn: climb, climb up, mount, go up] 2: appear to be moving upward ... vine climbed up the side of the house" [syn: ascend, climb up] 3: rise in rank or status; "Her new novel jumped high on the bestseller list" [syn: rise, jump, climb up]
climb-down definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a retraction of a previously held position [syn: withdrawal, backdown, climb-down] Collin's Cobuild Dictionary also climbdown(climb-downs) A climb-down in an argument or dispute is the act of ... or of changing your intentions or demands. In an embarrassing climb-down, the Home Secretary lifted the deportation threat. N-COUNT
climb down definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) v 1: come down; "the birds alighted" [syn: alight, climb down] Merriam Webster's intransitive verb Date: 1864 back down • climbdown noun Collin's Cobuild Dictionary If you climb down in an argument or dispute, you admit that you ... change your intentions or demands. If Lafontaine is forced to climb down, he may wish to reconsider his position... He has ...
free-climb definitions Merriam Webster's verb Date: 1969 transitive verb to climb (as a rock face) without using aids for support intransitive verb to free-climb something • free climber noun
... which mounts my love so high? 1. To ascend; to climb; to get upon an elevated place; as, to mount a ... 2: the act of climbing something; "it was a difficult climb to the top" [syn: climb, mount] 3: a land mass that projects well above its ... Sales were climbing after prices were lowered" [syn: wax, mount, climb, rise] [ant: wane] 3: fix onto a backing, setting, or ... syn: hop on, mount, mount up, get on, jump on, climb on, bestride] [ant: get off, hop out] 6: go upward with gradual or continuous progress; "Did you ever climb up the hill behind your house?" [syn: climb, climb ...
To climb Parnassus definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Parnassus Par*nas"sus ... Grass of Parnassus. (Bot.) See under Grass, and Parnassia. To climb Parnassus, to write poetry. [Colloq.]
... with degrees at equal distances. SCALE, v.t. 1. To climb, as by a ladder; to ascend by steps; and applied ... of; "We scaled the Mont Blanc" [syn: scale, surmount] 5: climb up by means of a ladder 6: remove the scales ... means of scaling ladders < scale a castle wall > b. to climb up or reach by means of a ladder c. to ... down, or up < scale down imports > intransitive verb 1. to climb by or as if by a ladder 2. to rise ... scalae, plural, stairs, rungs, ladder; akin to Latin scandere to climb — more at scan Date: 15th century 1. a. obsolete ladder ... numerical system (decimal scale). --v. 1 tr. a (also absol.) climb (a wall, height, etc.) esp. with a ladder. b ...
Clamber definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary CLAMBER, v.i. [from climb, or D. Klampen, to grapple.] To climb with difficulty, or with hands and feet. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: an awkward climb; "reaching the crest was a real clamber" v 1: climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling [syn: clamber, scramble, shin, shinny ... Etymology: Middle English clambren; akin to Old English climban to climb Date: 14th century to climb awkwardly (as by scrambling) < clambered over the rocks > • clamberer ...
... ASCEND', v.i. [L. ascendo, from scando, to mount or climb.] 1. To move upwards; to mount; to go up; to ... upon, as to ascend a hill or ladder; or to climb, as to ascend a tree. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005 ... vine climbed up the side of the house" [syn: ascend, climb up] 5: go along towards (a river's) source; "The ... Etymology: Middle English, from Latin ascendere, from ad- + scandere to climb — more at scan Date: 14th century intransitive verb 1. a ... slope upwards. b lie along an ascending slope. 3 tr. climb; go up. 4 intr. rise in rank or status. 5 ... or queen. Etymology: ME f. L ascendere (as AD-, scandere climb) Webster's 1913 Dictionary Ascend As*cend", v. i. [ ...