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
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.
climbing
present participle of climb
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, 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
18 January 2025
(noun) (Yiddish) a little; a piece; “give him a shtik cake”; “he’s a shtik crazy”; “he played a shtik Beethoven”
Espresso is both a coffee beverage and a brewing method that originated in Italy. When making an espresso, a small amount of nearly boiling water under pressure forces through finely-ground coffee beans. It has more caffeine per unit volume than most coffee beverages. Its smaller serving size will take three shots to equal a mug of standard brewed coffee.
