Climbed Climb Climbing Klaɪm Top Extra Examples I

• to climb a mountain/tree
• she climbed up the stairs.
• to climb a ladder/wall
• they climbed the steps to the front door.

climb

Verb Forms

1. to go up something towards the top
• to climb a mountain/tree
• She climbed up the stairs.
• to climb a ladder/wall
• They climbed the steps to the front door.
• The car slowly climbed the hill.
• The boarding party began to climb up the side of the ship.
• As they climbed higher, the air became cooler.
• You can climb to the top of the tower and take in the view.
• He climbed up and inspected the damage to the roof.

Extra Examples

• Don't climb too high.
• He climbed slowly up the ladder.
• We climbed right to the top of the mountain.
• I loved climbing trees when I was a kid.
2. to go up mountains or climb rocks as a hobby or sport
• He likes to go climbing most weekends.
• He goes climbing every summer.
3. to move somewhere, especially with difficulty or effort, using hands as well as feet
• I climbed through the window.
• She opened the passenger door and climbed in.
• The boys climbed over the wall.
• Sue climbed into bed.
• Can you climb down?
• He finished digging the grave and climbed out.

Extra Examples

• Two boys climbed onto the roof.
• He climbed into the truck and drove off.
• I climbed over the fence into the meadow.
4. to increase in value or amount
• The paper's circulation continues to climb.
• Interest rates climbed to 8 per cent.
• The temperature had climbed above 30 degrees.
• Prices have climbed sharply in recent months.
• The dollar has been climbing all week.
• Membership is climbing steadily.

Extra Examples

• The vaccination rate began to climb slowly.
• Unemployment has climbed from two million to three million.
• Unemployment is still climbing.
5. to move to a higher position in a chart, table, society or organization
• The team has now climbed to fourth in the league.
• In a few years he had climbed to the top of his profession.
• The song also climbed the charts in North America.
• to climb the corporate/career ladder
6. to go higher in the sky
• The plane climbed to 33 000 feet.
• The sun climbed higher in the sky.
• The plane took off and climbed to 20 000 feet.
7. to slope upwards
• From here the path climbs steeply to the summit.

Extra Examples

• The path began to climb quite steeply.
• The path climbs steeply up the mountainside.
• The road gradually climbs up from the town.
8. to grow up a wall or frame
• a climbing rose
9. to join others in doing something that is becoming fashionable because you hope to become popular or successful yourself
• politicians eager to jump on the environmental bandwagon

Word Origin

• Old English climban, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch and German klimmen, also to cleave ‘to stick close to something’.