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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.
РClimbing perch. (Zo̦l.) 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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