climb

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

Old English climban, from West Proto-Germanic *klimban. Cognate with Dutch klimmen, German klimmen.

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to climb

Third person singular
climbs

Simple past
climbed or clomb

Past participle
climbed, clomb or clumb

Present participle
climbing

to climb (third-person singular simple present climbs, present participle climbing, simple past climbed or clomb, past participle climbed, clomb or clumb)

  1. (intransitive) To ascend; to go up.
    Prices climbed steeply.
  2. (transitive) To mount; to move upwards on.
    They climbed the mountain.

[edit] Derived terms

[edit] Related terms
  • scale (Verb under Etymology 1)

[edit] Translations

to ascend, to go up
to mount, to move upwards on
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[edit] Noun

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Singular
climb

Plural
climbs

climb (plural climbs)

  1. An act of climbing.

[edit] Translations

to ascend, to go up
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