climbing Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. noun an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.)
   climb; mounting.
   
2. verb go upward with gradual or continuous progress
   climb up; climb; mount; go up.
   
   • Did you ever climb up the hill behind your house?
3. verb move with difficulty, by grasping
   climb.
   
4. verb go up or advance
   mount; rise; climb; wax.
   
   • Sales were climbing after prices were lowered
5. verb slope upward
   climb.
   
   • The path climbed all the way to the top of the hill
6. verb improve one's social status
   climb.
   
   • This young man knows how to climb the social ladder
7. verb increase in value or to a higher point
   climb; rise; go up.
   
   • prices climbed steeply
   • the value of our house rose sharply last year

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