Climbed Climb Climbing I Klaɪm Slowly Top Higher

• to climb a mountain/hill/tree/wall
• she climbed up the stairs.
• the car slowly climbed the hill.
• as they climbed higher, the air became cooler.

climb

1. to go up something towards the top
• to climb a mountain/hill/tree/wall
• She climbed up the stairs.
• The car slowly climbed the hill.
• As they climbed higher, the air became cooler.
2. to move somewhere, especially with difficulty or effort
• I climbed through the window.
• Sue climbed into bed.
• Can you climb down?
• The boys climbed over the wall.
3. to go up mountains or climb rocks as a hobby or sport
• He likes to go climbing most weekends.
4. to go higher in the sky
• The plane climbed to 33 000 feet.
• The sun climbed higher in the sky.
5. to slope upwards
• From here the path climbs steeply to the summit.
6. to grow up a wall or frame
• a climbing rose
7. to increase in value or amount
• The dollar has been climbing all week.
• The paper's circulation continues to climb.
• Membership is climbing steadily.
8. to move to a higher position or social rank by your own effort
• In a few years he had climbed to the top of his profession.
• The team has now climbed to fourth in the league.
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

Extra Examples

• Don’t climb too high.
• He climbed into the truck and drove off.
• He climbed slowly up the ladder.
• He goes climbing every summer.
• I climbed over the fence into the meadow.
• Prices have climbed sharply in recent months.
• The path began to climb quite steeply.
• The path climbs steeply up the mountainside.
• The plane took off and climbed to 20 000 feet.
• The road gradually climbs up from the town.
• The temperature had climbed above 90 degrees.
• The vaccination rate began to climb slowly.
• Two boys climbed onto the roof.
• Unemployment has climbed from two million to three million.
• We climbed right to the top of the mountain.
• He goes climbing most weekends.
• I loved climbing trees when I was a kid.
• The dollar/temperature has been climbing all week.
• The paper’s circulation continues to climb.
• Unemployment is still climbing.

Verb Forms

• present simple I / you / we / they climb
• he / she / it climbs
• past simple climbed
• past participle climbed
• -ing form climbing

Word Origin

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