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climb (English)

Etymology

From - climben|lang=enm, from - climban||to climb|lang=ang, from - klimbanan|to climb, go up by clinging|lang=en, believed to be a nasalised variant of - klibanan||klibajanan|to stick, cleave|lang=en, from - gley-|to stick|lang=en. Cognate with Dutch - |to climb|lang=nl, German - |to climb|lang=de, - - - |to squeeze|lang=non, - - |to climb|lang=is

Engelska - clamber

Engelska - clay

, glue.

Pronunciation

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/klaɪm/

Rhymes: aɪm

Verb

To ascend; rise; to go_up.

Prices climbed steeply.

To mount; to move upwards on.

They climbed the mountain.

Climbing a tree

To scale; to get to the top of something.

* {{quote-news

|year=2010 |date=May 22 |author=David Harrison |title=American boy, 13, is youngest person to climb Everest |work=Daily Telegraph online |url= |page= |passage=He is a curly-haired schoolboy barely in his teens, but 13-year-old Jordan Romero from California has become the youngest person to climb Mount Everest.}}

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

* 1900, - The Golden Bough Chapter 65

*: A priest clad in a white robe climbs the tree and with a golden sickle cuts the mistletoe, which is caught in a white cloth.

* 1900, - The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

*: She thought she must have been mistaken at first, for none of the scarecrows in Kansas ever wink; but presently the figure nodded its head to her in a friendly way. Then she climbed down from the fence and walked up to it, while Toto ran around the pole and barked.

* 2008, Tony Atkins, Dragonhawk - the Turning

*: Cutter and Bolan climbed around the furniture and piled into the back of the truck.

to practise the sport of climbing

to jump high

* {{quote-news

|year=2010 |date=December 28 |author=Paul Fletcher |title=Man City 4 - 0 Aston Villa |work=BBC |url= |page= |passage=The defender climbed majestically at the near post to convert Johnson's corner. }}

* {{quote-news

|year=2008 |date=September 13 |author=lsullivan mark orders |title=Ospreys Glasgow Magners League |work=South Wales Evening Post |url= |page= |passage=As the game moved towards injury time, the Ospreys forced a line-out which Jonathan Thomas climbed high to take. }}

* {{quote-news

|year=2001 |date=December 29 |author=Derick Allsop |title=Bolton's nine men hit back to steal a point |work=Daily Telegraph online |url= |page= |passage=Four minutes of stoppage time were virtually up when Ricketts climbed to head in the equaliser from substitute Nicky Southall's centre.}}

To move to a higher position on the social_ladder.

Of plants, to grow upwards by clinging to something.

Derived terms

climb_down

climb_up

climb_the_ladder

climb_the_walls

climber

declimb

have_a_mountain_to_climb

unclimbed

Synonyms

get to the top of

scale

Translations

to ascend, to go up

Arabiska - تسلق

Armenian - բարձրանալ|tr=barjranal

Breton - pignat|xs=Breton

Bulgariska - качвам се

Bulgariska - изкачвам се

Katalanska - escalar

Chinese:

: Mandarin - 登|tr=dēng|sc=Hani

Tjeckiska - růst

Holländska - klimmen

Finska - kohota

, nousta

Franska - grimper

, monter

Tyska - klettern

, steigen

Grekiska - ανεβαίνω

Hebrew - עלה|tr=alá, - האמיר|tr=ha'amír

Isländska - klifra

Irländska - tóg

Italienska - arrampicare

, scalare

Japanska - 登る

Latin - ascendo|alt=ascendō, - scando

Norwegian:

: Bokmål - klatre

: Nynorsk - klatre

Old English - stigan|alt=stīgan|xs=Old English

Portugisiska - subir

Rumänska - urca

Ryska - подниматься

Ryska - подняться

Scots: clim

Scottish Gaelic - streap

Spanska - escalar

Svenska - klättra

Welsh: dringo

to mount, to move upwards on

Arabiska - تسلق

Armenian - ելնել|tr=elnel, - բարձրանալ|tr=barjranal, - մագլցել|tr=maglc’el

Bulgariska - катеря се

Katalanska - escalar

Chinese:

: Mandarin - 爬|tr=pá|sc=Hani, - 登|tr=dēng|sc=Hani

Tjeckiska - lézt

Holländska - beklimmen

Esperanto - grimpi

Finska - kiivetä

, kavuta

Franska - escalader

Tyska - klettern

, steigen

Grekiska - ανεβαίνω

Hebrew - טיפס|tr=tipés

Hindiska - चढ़ना

Isländska - klífa

Ido - klimar|xs=Ido

Irländska - tóg

Japanska - 登る

Koreanska - 오르다

Norwegian:

: Bokmål - klatre

: Nynorsk - klatre

Old English - climban|xs=Old English, - stigan|alt=stīgan|xs=Old English

Rumänska - sui

Ryska - взбираться

Ryska - взобраться

Ryska - лазить

Ryska - полазить

Ryska - лезть

Ryska - залезть

(concrete)

Scots: clim

Scottish Gaelic - dìrich|xs=Scottish Gaelic, - streap|xs=Scottish Gaelic

Thailändska - ปีน

Urdu - چڑھنا|tr=caṛhnā|sc=ur-Arab

Vietnamesiska - leo

to scale

Chinese:

: Mandarin - 登攀|tr=dēngpān|sc=Hani

Grekiska - ανεβαίνω

to move by using the hands and feet

Franska - grimper

Norwegian:

: Bokmål - klatre

: Nynorsk - klatre

Ryska - карабкаться

Ryska - вскарабкаться

Ryska - взбираться

Ryska - взобраться

Ryska - лазить

Ryska - полазить

Ryska - лезть

Ryska - залезть

(concrete)

Spanska - trepar

to practice the sport of climbing

Franska - escalader

Norwegian:

: Bokmål - klatre

: Nynorsk - klatre

to jump high

of plants: to grow upwards by clinging to something

Norwegian:

: Bokmål - klatre

: Nynorsk - klatre

Noun

An act of climbing.

* 2007, Nigel Shepherd, Complete Guide to Rope Techniques

*: Make sure that you keep checking to see that everything remains safe throughout the climb.

The act of getting to somewhere more elevated.

* 1999, B. Keith Jones, The Roomie Do Me Blues

*: I guess the room wasn't so bad, except for the climb to get there. The stairs were destined to be a serious health hazard.

An upwards struggle

* {{quote-news

|year=1998 |date=September 30 |author=AP |title=Worst May Lie Ahead For Asia, Report Warns |work=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |url= |page= |passage=After a decade of prosperity, millions of Asians are likely to be pushed into poverty, and the climb out of poverty will stall for millions of others}}

Derived terms

rate_of_climb

Translations

an act of climbing

Ryska - восхождение

, подъём

Spanska - subida

, ascenso

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- pt|subida|f

simple:climb

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