GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Climb , v. i. [imp. & p. p. Climbed , Obs. or Vulgar Clomb ; p. pr. & vb. n. Climbing.] [AS. climban; akin to OHG. chlimban, G. & D. klimmen, Icel. klīfa, and E. cleave to adhere.]
   To ascend or mount laboriously, esp. by use of the hands and feet.
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   To ascend as if with effort; to rise to a higher point.
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   Black vapors climb aloft, and cloud the day.
   Dryden.
   
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   (Bot.) To ascend or creep upward by twining about a support, or by attaching itself by tendrils, rootlets, etc., to a support or upright surface.
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   Climb, v. t. To ascend, as by means of the hands and feet, or laboriously or slowly; to mount.
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   Climb, n. The act of one who climbs; ascent by climbing.
   Warburton.
   
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