English to English noun
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an upward slope or grade (as in a road) | Example:
• the car couldn't make it up the rise
source: wordnet30
2 |
an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.) | source: wordnet30
3 |
the act of climbing something | Example:
• it was a difficult climb to the top
source: wordnet30
4 |
The act of one who climbs; ascent by climbing. | source: webster1913 verb
5 |
go upward with gradual or continuous progress | Example:
• Did you ever climb up the hill behind your house?
source: wordnet30
6 |
move with difficulty, by grasping | source: wordnet30 Example:
• Sales were climbing after prices were lowered
source: wordnet30 Example:
• The path climbed all the way to the top of the hill
source: wordnet30
9 |
improve one's social status | Example:
• This young man knows how to climb the social ladder
source: wordnet30
10 |
increase in value or to a higher point | Example:
• prices climbed steeply • the value of our house rose sharply last year
source: wordnet30
11 |
To ascend or mount laboriously, esp. by use of the hands and feet. | source: webster1913
12 |
To ascend, as by means of the hands and feet, or laboriously or slowly; to mount. | source: webster1913
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