climbing
/ˈklaɪ̯mɪŋ/ · verb
Meaning
- To ascend; rise; to go up.
- To mount; to move upwards on.
- To scale; to get to the top of something.
- To move (especially up and down something) by gripping with the hands and using the feet.
- To practise the sport of climbing
- To jump high
- The sport of climbing, ascending a wall or a rock or another object using available holds, generally with the safety of a rope and belayer.
- Climb; ascent.
- (of a plant) That climbs; that grows upwards by gripping onto a surface.
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