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.
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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
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Related adjective: scansorialDerived forms of climb
climbable, adjectiveWord Origin for climb
Old English
climban; related to Old Norse
klembra to squeeze, Old High German
climban to clamber