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climb English

Meaning climb meaning

What does climb mean?
Definitions in simple English

climb Verb

— If you climb something, you move up or down it. They climbed the stairs to the top of the tower again and went out onto the roof. The kids spent the afternoon climbing up and down the tree. — If you climb into, out of, through something, etc., you move with difficulty, often using your hands and knees. The old man climbed into the back seat of her small car. They got changed, said good night, and climbed into bed. They climbed out of the pool and walked toward the changing room. — If prices, profits, temperatures, etc. climb or if a road, a path, or a piece of land climbs, it goes up. This year, gas prices have climbed steadily from a low of 75 cents to a peak of almost $1.30 in August. Narrow steps climb to the door of a small temple. It became very warm as the sun began to climb.

climb Noun

— A climb is an upwards movement, often a slow or difficult one. It isn't far, but it's a steep climb and they were sweating when they reach the top. Driving into the east end of town after a long winding climb out of the valley, I saw the small house. The Yen has made a strong climb this year. — A climb down is a long slow downwards movement.

climb

— verb (= climb up) go upward with gradual or continuous progress Did you ever climb up the hill behind your house? — verb move with difficulty, by grasping — verb go up or advance Sales were climbing after prices were lowered — verb improve one's social status This young man knows how to climb the social ladder — noun an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.) — noun the act of climbing something it was a difficult climb to the top — verb slope upward The path climbed all the way to the top of the hill — verb (= rise) increase in value or to a higher point prices climbed steeply the value of our house rose sharply last year — noun (= rise) an upward slope or grade (as in a road) the car couldn't make it up the rise

Synonyms climb synonyms

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climb English » English

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Topics climb topics

What do people use climb to talk about?
Physical actions Move Move in a direction

Move up
Universe, creation World Land

Mountain

  • What do people do to mountains?
    climb
Language and thought Think Learn

Evaluate, test
States Quantity More

Increase
States Location Direction

Up

  • What words indicate that a path or road goes upward?
    go up climb rise
Physical actions Move Move in a direction

Move down

Conjugation climb conjugation

How do you conjugate climb?

climb · verb

Examples climb examples

How do I use climb in a sentence?

Simple sentences

A bear can climb a tree.
It's dangerous to climb this mountain.
He was the first man to climb Mt. Fuji in winter.
I had to climb over the fence.
I don't want to climb on the roof.
Old as he was, he could barely climb the stairs.
I can hardly climb stairs. I'm as fat as a pig.
I want to climb Mt. Fuji again.
I wish to climb Mt. Fuji again.
Let's climb that mountain to see it.
Can you climb the tree?
After that, internal temperature begins to climb rapidly.
You should not climb the mountain in such bad weather.
We are going to climb that mountain.
Don't climb that ladder - it's not secure.
The higher we climb, the colder it becomes.
Monkeys climb trees.
It is easy for a monkey to climb a tree.
Take care when you climb up the ladder.
Tom tried to climb the tall tree.
Climb to the top.
I've botched things up so bad I wish I could find a hole to climb into.
In the past I used to vote for the Democratic ticket, but from now on I'll climb on the Republican bandwagon.
You need good equipment to climb that mountain.

Movie subtitles

The bigger question being, why was Maureen Moffatt wearing a Santa suit and trying to climb down the chimney?
Wear lingerie? Climb up here.
The journey is as important as the destination, so embrace the climb.
Tomorrow I will climb Watzmann, not to be confused with the company Watzmann Co.
Today I climb in search of the most beautiful mountain that exists.
Are there mountaineers among you.? Men who would climb up, through this night, up to Sella cottage, to alert the skiers?
Who among you will climb?
Who will climb up these terraces.
Bit of a climb, wasn't it?
Big, tall pines, just a-reachin' and a-reachin', as ifthey wanted to climb right through the gates of heaven.
Climb up and cut the rope.
They'll climb all over him.
Come on. Climb into this.
I'll Climb Up First, And Then I'll Pull You Up.
Why, there's trees out there, big, tall pines. Just a-reachin' and a-reachin'. As if they wanted to climb right through the gates of heaven.
You climb up and get him and hand him down.
Its bad for my heart to climb these stairs up.
Yeah, and all we've got to do now is climb it.
Then, when you hear my signal. you're to climb up to the balcony.
When you hear the signal. you climb up the balcony.
When he sings that song. we've got to climb the balcony.
I didn't climb the balcony to steal your medallion, I swear.
Take that black pancake off your head. and climb out of that shroud.
Well, we'll climb again now, and find the sky perhaps.
We'll climb down the garage and change our clothes in the drainpipe.
We came across a Zulu warrior once that had been killed by his tribe. because he tried to climb it.
Burglars wouldn't turn on the lights. and I wouldn't let you climb all those stairs.
I've been doing all right in this movie racket, and I'm still on the climb.
Then he was going to climb back up here, unscrew the ladder. throw that out the window on a dump heap down below.
Could I climb to the crater?
You must go around the lake and climb from the other side.
But today it's too dangerous to climb.
Climb out on the other wing.
Climb out on the other one and you'll bring him down.
Wherever you look, stairways climb steeply like ladders, or descend into dark, putrid chasms and slimy porticos, dank and lice-infested.
You can't climb in a man's bedroom window.
I suppose you'd like me to climb up and push him down.
Climb into this buggy.
Now climb down here.
Climb down!

News and current affairs

Sea levels are rising, and could climb sharply if global warming leads to a destabilization of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets.
Oil prices gradually fell, and the stock market began its long climb towards its peak in 2000.
Those striving to climb the ladder of success know the consequences of failure.
When the prices of even safe assets fall and interest rates climb to sky-high levels because traders and financiers collectively want more liquid assets than currently exist, it is simply not safe to let the market sort things out.
But the issue of enrichment has been blown up into such a symbol of national sovereignty in Iran that no government there, not only the current Achmadinejad administration, will climb down.
Similarly, kites get tangled in trees, and if you climb the tree to free it, you might look over your neighbor's wall and see a woman without her veil, which would put you in sin.
Securing 60 votes is a steep hill to climb.
They point out, for example, that malaria deaths will climb along with temperatures, because potentially killer mosquitoes thrive in warmer areas.
Costs continue to climb, but nothing seems to contain their growth for very long.
The Commission believes that over the next four decades, fossil-fuel costs will climb sharply, because sources will dry up and governments will place massive taxes on fossil fuels.
Imposing severe restrictions on the growth of their emissions growth would impede their GDP growth and severely curtail their ability to climb out of poverty.
The result is that a mother with dependent children must patch together an unstable and unreliable network of caregivers in ways that sharply hamper her ability to succeed at her job and climb out of poverty.
Ultimately, in today's complex and interlinked world, even the most competitive economies need a helping hand as they climb the global ladder.
By structural transformation, I mean the process by which countries climb the industrial ladder - their workforces move into higher value-added manufacturing sectors as their sources of production advance.
Though many will deny it, we are always comparing ourselves with others, and hoping to climb the social ladder.
More likely, the euro will stabilize at some point in the range of 80 US cents, then begin to climb back up.
In theory, as the economy picks up and interest rates begin to climb, central banks will simply pay higher interest rates on their reserves, so that they can finance their holdings of long-term securities and shrink them slowly.
The situation is a bit fairer today, but Cameron still has a steep hill to climb if he is to win.
Nonetheless, at some point, the natural cycles will shift; the oceans will cease to absorb the bulk of the planet's warming; and surface temperatures will begin to climb again.
Russia, freed from its ethnic and mental straitjacket, was letting its most resourceful, entrepreneurial, vibrant, and yes, cynical, citizens climb to the top.
Without that, and a renewed focus on growth, Japan will continue to climb down the global ladder of success.

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