Climb - English meaning

verb

Go up or climb.

Usage examples:

She ascended the stairs

verb

To move up or climb something

Usage examples:

[ t ] they slowly ascended the steep path up the mountain., [ i ] a long flight of steps ascends (=…

noun

A climb or walk to the summit of a mountain or hill.

Usage examples:

The first ascent of the matterhorn

noun

The act of climbing or moving upwards

Usage examples:

She made her first successful ascent of everest last year., as the plane made its ascent, we saw th…

verb

Climb or move in an awkward and laborious way, typically using both hands and feet.

Usage examples:

I clambered out of the trench

noun

An awkward and laborious climb or movement.

Usage examples:

A clamber up the cliff path

verb

To climb somewhere with difficulty, often needing to use both hands and feet

Usage examples:

The baby clambered up the stairs.

verb

Overcome and take control of (a place or people) by military force.

Usage examples:

He conquered cyprus

verb

To defeat an enemy, or to take control or possession of a foreign land

Usage examples:

I felt like i had conquered the world., students have to conquer their initial shyness., the conque…

noun

The subjugation and assumption of control of a place or people by military force.

Usage examples:

The conquest of the aztecs by the spanish

verb

Move forward on the hands and knees or by dragging the body close to the ground.

Usage examples:

They crawled from under the table

noun

An act of moving on one's hands and knees or dragging one's body along the ground.

Usage examples:

They began the crawl back to their own lines

verb

Move slowly

phrasal verb

Move upward

noun

The quality of being energetic, determined, and enthusiastic

Usage examples:

We need someone with real get-up-and-go to run this office.

verb

Climb up (stairs, a hill, or other rising surface).

Usage examples:

He mounted the steps

noun

A backing or setting on which a photograph, gem, or work of art is set for display.

Usage examples:

A decorated photograph mount

noun

A mountain or hill (archaic except in place names).

Usage examples:

Mount etna

noun

Each of the small, thin horny or bony plates protecting the skin of fish and reptiles, typically overlapping one another.

Usage examples:

Use your hands to spread the potato slices out so that they overlap like unruly fish scales, but ar…

verb

Remove scale or scales from.

Usage examples:

He scales the fish and removes the innards

verb

An instrument for weighing, originally a simple balance ( a pair of scales ) but now usually a device with an electronic or other internal weighing mechanism.

Usage examples:

Bathroom scales

verb

Scratch or grope around with one's fingers to find, collect, or hold on to something.

Usage examples:

She scrabbled at the grassy slope, desperate for purchase

noun

An act of scratching or scrambling for something.

Usage examples:

He heard the scrabble of claws behind him

verb

To move your hands or fingers quickly to find and pick up something, esp. something that you cannot see

Usage examples:

She scrabbled around in her bag, trying to find her keys.

verb

Make one's way quickly or awkwardly up a steep gradient or over rough ground by using one's hands as well as one's feet.

Usage examples:

We scrambled over the damp boulders

noun

A difficult or hurried clamber up or over something.

Usage examples:

An undignified scramble over the wall

verb

To move or climb quickly but with difficulty, often using the hands

Usage examples:

She scrambled to safety away from the fighting., [ + to infinitive ] fig. poultry farmers scrambled…

noun

A building allowing access to the upper floors by stairs only.

Usage examples:

A studio apartment in an ungentrified walk-up

noun

A building with four or more floors and no elevator (= device for taking people from one floor to another), or an apartment on an upper floor in such a building