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climbing

/ˈklaɪ̯mɪŋ/ · verb

Meaning

  1. To ascend; rise; to go up.
  2. To mount; to move upwards on.
  3. To scale; to get to the top of something.
  4. To move (especially up and down something) by gripping with the hands and using the feet.
  5. To practise the sport of climbing
  6. To jump high
  7. 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.
  8. Climb; ascent.
  9. (of a plant) That climbs; that grows upwards by gripping onto a surface.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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