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climb
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- pronunciation:
- klaIm
- features:
- Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
climbs, climbing, climbed |
| definition 1: |
When you climb something, you go up it. When you climb a tree, you use your hands and feet to go up the tree. When a truck climbs a hill, it goes up the hill. We often use the word "climb" when going up something is hard or when it is done in a special way like using your hands and feet.
Our cat climbed a big tree in our yard, but now she doesn't know how to get back down.A truck can't climb a steep hill as quickly as small cars can.Would you ever want to climb a mountain?
- similar words:
- mount
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| definition 2: |
When you climb, you go up in the sky, or you go up towards the top of something.
We climbed until we reached the top of the big hill.The airplane climbed fast into the air.- antonyms:
- descend
- similar words:
- lift, mount, rise
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| related words: |
jump, move, progress, soar |
| derivation: |
climbable (adj.) |
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