• 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"

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