Dictionary definition · climb
noun
- an upward slope or grade (as in a road)"the car couldn't make it up the rise"
- an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.)
- the act of climbing something"it was a difficult climb to the top"
verb
- go upward with gradual or continuous progress"Did you ever climb up the hill behind your house?"
- move with effort, by grasping
- go up or advance"Sales were climbing after prices were lowered"
- slope upward"The path climbed all the way to the top of the hill"
- improve one's social status"This young man knows how to climb the social ladder"
- increase in value or to a higher point"prices climbed steeply"
Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).