Another word for climb
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Verb
To move upward on or along
- To proceed from a lower to a higher level or degree, as in rank, pitch, etc.
- To move upward along; mount; climb
- To move upward upon or along; climb:
- To increase in amount, extent, or intensity:
- To set in a raised position:
- To climb or ascend:
- To estimate or measure the quantity of lumber in (logs or uncut trees).
- To clear or strip of scale or scales:
- To weigh with a scale.
See also:To move from a lower to a higher position
- To result or spring (from)
- To result, issue, or proceed:
- To get up, as from a sitting or prone position; rise.
- To move upward upon or along; climb:
- To proceed from a lower to a higher level or degree, as in rank, pitch, etc.
- To go or move upward; rise:
- To hold up; support high in the air
- To raise in rank, condition, dignity, spirits, etc.; bring to a higher level; elevate; exalt
- To rise; ascend.
- To set in a raised position:
- To go upward; rise:
- To climb or ascend:
- To cause to rise, as birds from cover or a fish to the surface of the water
- To puff up or become larger; swell up:
- To cause to rise:
- To glide along without engine power, maintaining or gaining altitude on currents of air
- To rise or fly high into the air
- To rise well above the usual or ordinary level or bounds; be elevated
See also:To attain a higher status, rank, or condition
- To rise in price or cost; increase
- To rise in rank, importance, etc.
- To rise in rank, position, or value.
- To move upward upon or along; climb:
- To proceed from a lower to a higher level or degree, as in rank, pitch, etc.
- To go or move upward; rise:
- To climb or ascend:
- To set in a raised position:
- To prepare and set in motion:
- To cause to rise, as birds from cover or a fish to the surface of the water
- To puff up or become larger; swell up:
- To cause to rise:
Idioms:
Noun
The act of moving upward on or along
- (Astronomy) The rising of a star above the horizon.
- The act or process of ascending; ascent.
- A feast celebrating this event, observed on Ascension Day.
- The way or means by which one ascends.
- A going back in time or in line of ancestry
- The degree of elevation of an object, or the angle it makes with a horizontal line; inclination; rising grade.
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Another word for climb
Noun
The act of climbing
- A clumsy or hard climb
- The act of clambering; a difficult or haphazard climb.
- The act of a person or thing that mounts
- Something that serves as a support, setting, or backing:
- A going back in time or in line of ancestry
- The act of ascending, rising, or climbing
- The degree of elevation of an object, or the angle it makes with a horizontal line; inclination; rising grade.
See also:An ascending place
- An inclined line, surface, plane, position, or direction.
- A stretch of ground forming a natural or artificial incline:
- A piece of ground that is not flat or level; rising or falling ground; specif., a portion of the side of a hill or mountain
- An inclined surface; a slope or gradient:
- An inclined plane or surface; slope; grade; slant
- Occasion or opportunity:
- (Informal) An angry or irritated reaction:
- An origin, beginning, or source:
Verb
To ascend
- To rise well above the usual or ordinary level or bounds; be elevated
- To fly, sail, or glide along high in the air
- To glide along without engine power, maintaining or gaining altitude on currents of air
- To grow or increase rapidly, often to the point of becoming unmanageable, as prices or wages
- To increase, enlarge, or intensify:
- To pass (a transaction or case) on to a higher level in an organizational hierarchy:
- To cause to slope:
- To cause to slope
- To diverge from the vertical or horizontal; incline:
See also:To mount
- To clear or strip of scale or scales:
- To weigh with a scale.
- To rise in steps or stages.
- To move upward upon or along; climb:
- To proceed from a lower to a higher level or degree, as in rank, pitch, etc.
- To go or move upward; rise:
- To cause to rise, as birds from cover or a fish to the surface of the water
- To puff up or become larger; swell up:
- To cause to rise:
- To climb (a wall, etc.) or enter (a fortified place) by ladders
- To overcome (an obstacle, for example); triumph over.
- (Obsolete) To surpass or exceed in amount.
- To be or lie at the top of; be or rise above
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