climb
1. an upward slope or grade (as in a road)
- the car couldn't make it up the rise
• Syn:
ascent, acclivity, rise, raise, upgrade
• Ant:
descent (for: ascent)
• Derivationally related forms:
raise (for: raise), acclivitous (for: acclivity), ascend (for: ascent)
• Hypernyms:
slope, incline, side
• Hyponyms:
uphill
2. an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.)
• Syn:
climbing, mounting
• Derivationally related forms:
mount (for: mounting), climb (for: climbing)
• Hypernyms:
rise, rising, ascent, ascension
3. the act of climbing something
- it was a difficult climb to the top
• Syn:
mount
• Derivationally related forms:
mount (for: mount)
• Hypernyms:
rise, ascent, ascension, ascending
• Hyponyms:
scaling, clamber, mountain climbing, mountaineering, rock climbing
1. go upward with gradual or continuous progress (Freq. 36)
- Did you ever climb up the hill behind your house?
• Syn:
climb up, mount, go up
• See Also:
climb on, climb down
• Derivationally related forms:
mount (for: mount), mounter (for: mount), mounting (for: mount), climber, climbing
• Hypernyms:
rise, lift, arise, move up, go up,
come up, uprise
• Hyponyms:
scale, escalade, ramp, mountaineer, ride
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s PP
- They climb the hill
- They climb up the hill
2. move with difficulty, by grasping (Freq. 2)
• Hypernyms:
move
• Hyponyms:
clamber, scramble, shin, shinny, skin,
struggle, sputter
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s PP
3. go up or advance (Freq. 2)
- Sales were climbing after prices were lowered
• Syn:
wax, mount, rise
• Ant:
wane (for: wax)
• Derivationally related forms:
rise (for: rise), mount (for: mount), mounting (for: mount), waxing (for: wax)
• Hypernyms:
increase
• Hyponyms:
jump, advance, gain
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
4. slope upward
- The path climbed all the way to the top of the hill
• Hypernyms:
slope, incline, pitch
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Something is ----ing PP
5. improve one's social status
- This young man knows how to climb the social ladder
• Derivationally related forms:
climber
• Hypernyms:
progress, come on, come along, advance, get on,
get along, shape up
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s something
6. increase in value or to a higher point
- prices climbed steeply
- the value of our house rose sharply last year
• Syn:
rise, go up
• Derivationally related forms:
climbing, rise (for: rise)
• Hypernyms:
grow
• Hyponyms:
soar, bull
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- The stock market is going to climb
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