Definition of: climb

(klīm) v. climbed (Archaic clomb), climbing v.t.
1. To ascend or descend, especially by means of the hands and feet; go up or down by holding or getting a foothold; mount.
— v.i.
2. To mount, rise, or go up, especially by using the hands and feet.
3. To rise by effort, as in position or dignity.
4. To incline or slope upward.
5. To rise during growth, as certain vines, by entwining a support or clinging by means of tendrils.
— noun
1. The act or process of climbing. ◆ Collateral adjective: scansorial.
2. A place that can be ascended only by climbing. ◆ Homophone: clime. [OE climban]
— climb′a·ble adjective