Origin of climb

before 1000; Middle English climben, Old English climban; cognate with Dutch, German klimmen; akin to clamber

synonym study for climb

8. Climb, ascend, mount, scale imply a moving upward. To climb is to make one's way upward, often with effort: to climb a mountain. Ascend, in its literal meaning (“to go up”), is general, but it now usually suggests a gradual or stately movement, with or without effort, often to a considerable degree of altitude: to ascend the heights; to ascend the Himalayas. Mount may be interchangeable with ascend, but also suggests climbing on top of or astride of: to mount a platform, a horse. Scale, a more literary word, implies difficult or hazardous climbing up or over something: to scale a summit.

OTHER WORDS FROM climb

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH climb

climb clime

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British Dictionary definitions for climb

climb
/ (klaɪm) /

verb (mainly intr)

noun

the act or an instance of climbing
a place or thing to be climbed, esp a route in mountaineering

Other words from climb

Related adjective: scansorial

Derived forms of climb

climbable, adjective

Word Origin for climb

Old English climban; related to Old Norse klembra to squeeze, Old High German climban to clamber