climb

About 9.24 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To traverse a slope or contour, either upwards (ascending) or downwards (descending).
2. verb : To ascend; rise; to go up. To ascend in a non-physical or figurative sense.

   The hit song has climbed to the number one spot.

3. verb To ascend in a non-physical or figurative sense.

   The hit song has climbed to the number one spot.

4. verb To move to a higher position on a chart or hierarchy.

   Prices climbed steeply.

5. verb To mount; to move upwards on.

   climbing a tree

6. verb To scale; to get to the top of something.
7. verb To enter, mount or otherwise assume a position in or on a conveyance.

   He climbed into the passenger-seat of the car.

8. verb To move (especially up and down something) by gripping with the hands and using the feet.

   My legs were so stiff and my arms so sore that this morning I could barely climb out of bed.

Similar words

climb up ascent upgrade rise raise go up mounting wax mount acclivity

Often followed by

the up to a into out on down over

Word family

climbable climbed climbing climbs