D defs.my
Entry 5 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Climb

/(klīm)/ · IPA /klaɪm/
01 v. i. To ascend or mount laboriously, esp. by use of the hands and feet.
imp. & p. p. Climbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Climbing
  1. 1.
    To ascend or mount laboriously, esp. by use of the hands and feet.Obs. or Vulgar
  2. 2.
    To ascend as if with effort; to rise to a higher point.
    “Black vapors climb aloft, and cloud the day.” Dryden.
  3. 3.
    To ascend or creep upward by twining about a support, or by attaching itself by tendrils, rootlets, etc., to a support or upright surface.(Bot.)
02 v. t. To ascend, as by means of the hands and feet, or laboriously or slowly; to mount.
  1. 1.
    To ascend, as by means of the hands and feet, or laboriously or slowly; to mount.
03 n. The act of one who climbs; ascent by climbing.
  1. 1.
    The act of one who climbs; ascent by climbing.