Climb

Pronunciation: klīm

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

Noun	1.	climb - an upward slope or grade (as in a road); "the car couldn't make it up the rise" Synonyms: acclivity, ascent, upgrade, raise, rise
	2.	climb - an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.) Synonyms: climbing, mounting
	3.	climb - the act of climbing something; "it was a difficult climb to the top" Synonyms: mount
Verb	1.	climb - go upward with gradual or continuous progress; "Did you ever climb up the hill behind your house?" Synonyms: climb up, go up, mount
	2.	climb - move with difficulty, by grasping
	3.	climb - go up or advance; "Sales were climbing after prices were lowered" Synonyms: mount, wax, rise
	4.	climb - slope upward; "The path climbed all the way to the top of the hill"
	5.	climb - improve one's social status; "This young man knows how to climb the social ladder"
	6.	climb - increase in value or to a higher point; "prices climbed steeply"; "the value of our house rose sharply last year" Synonyms: go up, rise