climb

[[t]klaɪm[/t]]

v. i.

1) to go up or ascend; move upward or toward the top of something:

The sun climbed over the hill[/ex]

2) to slope upward:

The road climbs steeply[/ex]

3) to ascend by twining or by means of tendrils, adhesive tissues, etc., as a plant

4) cvb to proceed using the hands and feet (often fol. by along, around, down, over, etc.), esp. on or from an elevated area

5) to ascend in prominence, fortune, etc

6) to ascend, go up, or get to the top of, esp. by the use of the hands and feet:

to climb a ladder; to climb the stairs[/ex]

7) to go to the top of and over:

The prisoners climbed the wall and escaped[/ex]

8) an ascent by climbing:

a climb to the hilltop[/ex]

9) a place to be climbed:

That peak is quite a climb[/ex]

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Etymology: bef. 1000; OE climban, c. MLG, MD klimmen, OHGchlimban; cf. clamber