Definition: the act of climbing something
Usage: it was a difficult climb to the top
Main entry: climb, climbing, mounting
Definition: an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.)
Main entry: ascent, acclivity, climb, upgrade, rise, raise
Definition: an upward slope or grade (as in a road)
Usage: the car couldn't make it up the rise
Main entry: climb, rise, go up
Definition: increase in value or to a higher point
Usage: prices climbed steeply; the value of our house rose sharply last year
Main entry: climb
Definition: improve one's social status
Usage: This young man knows how to climb the social ladder
Main entry: climb, wax, mount, rise
Definition: go up or advance
Usage: Sales were climbing after prices were lowered
Main entry: climb, climb up, go up, mount
Definition: go upward with gradual or continuous progress
Usage: Did you ever climb up the hill behind your house?
Main entry: climb
Definition: move with difficulty, by grasping
Main entry: climb
Definition: slope upward
Usage: The path climbed all the way to the top of the hill