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Meaning of climbing

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

climbing

Pronunciation:/ˈklaɪ̯mɪŋ/

verb

Definitions

  1. To ascend; rise; to go up.

    Example: Prices climbed steeply.

  2. To mount; to move upwards on.

    Example: Climbing a tree

  3. To scale; to get to the top of something.

  4. To move (especially up and down something) by gripping with the hands and using the feet.

noun

Definitions

  1. The sport of climbing, ascending a wall or a rock or another object using available holds, generally with the safety of a rope and belayer.

    Example: The next day, the team had to wear special ice climbing footwear while repairing other research devices on the glacier.

  2. Climb; ascent.

adjective

Definitions

  1. (of a plant) That climbs; that grows upwards by gripping onto a surface.