Definitions of climb:

  • noun:   the act of climbing something
    Example: "It was a difficult climb to the top"
  • noun:   an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.)
  • noun:   an upward slope or grade (as in a road)
  • verb:   slope upward
    Example: "The path climbed all the way to the top of the hill"
  • verb:   improve one's social status
    Example: "This young man knows how to climb the social ladder"
  • verb:   go upward with gradual or continuous progress
    Example: "Did you ever climb up the hill behind your house?"
  • verb:   move with difficulty, by grasping
  • verb:   go up or advance
    Example: "Sales were climbing after prices were lowered"
  • verb:   increase in value or to a higher point
    Example: "Prices climbed steeply"