CLIMBING

climb, climbing, mounting

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

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

climbing (usually uncountable, plural climbings)

(uncountable) 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.

(countable) Climb; ascent.

Verb

climbing

present participle of climb

Adjective

climbing (not comparable)

(botany, of a plant) That climbs; that grows upwards by gripping onto a surface.

Source: Wiktionary


Climb"ing,

Definition: p. pr. & vb. n. of Climb. Climbing fern. See under Fern.

– Climbing perch. (Zoöl.) See Anabas, and Labyrinthici.

CLIMB

Climb, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Climbed, Obs. or Vulgar Clomb (; p. pr. & vb. n. Climbing.] Etym: [AS. climban; akin to OHG. chlimban, G. & D. klimmen, Icel. klifa, and E. cleave to adhere.]

1. To ascend or mount laboriously, esp. by use of the hands and feet.

2. To ascend as if with effort; to rise to a higher point. Black vapors climb aloft, and cloud the day. Dryden.

3. (Bot.)

Definition: To ascend or creep upward by twining about a support, or by attaching itself by tendrills, rootlets, etc., to a support or upright surface.

Climb, v. t.

Definition: To ascend, as by means of the hands and feet, or laboriously or slowly; to mount.

Climb, n.

Definition: The act of one who climbs; ascent by climbing. Warburton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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