climb
To traverse a slope or contour, either upwards (ascending) or downwards (descending).
Verb 4 meanings
To traverse a slope or contour, either upwards (ascending) or downwards (descending).
(literally or figuratively): To ascend; rise; to go up.
To mount; to move upwards on.
“climbing a tree”
To scale; to get to the top of something.
Noun 3 meanings
An act of climbing.
The act of getting to somewhere more elevated.
An effort of moving upward.
Etymology
From Middle English climben, clymben, from Old English climban (“to climb”), from Proto-West Germanic *klimban, from Proto-Germanic *klimbaną (“to climb, go up by clinging”), believed to be a nasalised variant of Proto-Germanic *klibaną, *klibāną (“to stick, cleave”), from Proto-Indo-European *gley- (“to stick”).
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CLIMB at a glance
CLIMB has 5 letters and scores 11 points in Scrabble (C 3 + L 1 + I 1 + M 3 + B 3) and 15 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #4,840 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with climb
All rhymes- LIMB8
- FORELIMB15
- NIMB8
- OUTCLIMB14
- CHIMB14
- RECLIMB13
- DISLIMB12
- UPCLIMB15
- ZIMB17
One letter away
- CLIME9
- CHIMB14
- CLOMB11
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