ENGLISH: climb - CREOLE: granpe



Overview of noun climb



The noun climb has 3 senses (no senses from tagged texts)



1. ascent, acclivity, rise, raise, climb, upgrade -- (an upward slope or grade (as in a road); "the car couldn't make it up the rise")

2. climb, climbing, mounting -- (an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.))

3. climb, mount -- (the act of climbing something; "it was a difficult climb to the top")



Overview of verb climb



The verb climb has 6 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)



1. (36) climb, climb up, mount, go up -- (go upward with gradual or continuous progress; "Did you ever climb up the hill behind your house?")

2. (2) climb -- (move with difficulty, by grasping)

3. (2) wax, mount, climb, rise -- (go up or advance; "Sales were climbing after prices were lowered")

4. climb -- (slope upward; "The path climbed all the way to the top of the hill")

5. climb -- (improve one's social status; "This young man knows how to climb the social ladder")

6. rise, go up, climb -- (increase in value or to a higher point; "prices climbed steeply"; "the value of our house rose sharply last year")

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