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Climbing definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CLIMBING, ppr. Ascending by the use of the hands and feet; ascending with difficulty.
CLIMBING, n. The act of ascending.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.) [syn: climb, climbing, mounting]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Climbing Climb"ing, p. pr. & vb. n. of Climb. Climbing fern. See under Fern. Climbing perch. (Zo["o]l.) See Anabas, and Labyrinthici.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Climb Climb (kl[imac]m), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Climbed (kl[imac]md), Obs. or Vulgar Clomb (kl[o^]m); p. pr. & vb. n. Climbing.] [AS. climban; akin to OHG. chlimban, G. & D. klimmen, Icel. kl[=i]fa, and E. cleave to adhere.] 1. To ascend or mount laboriously, esp. by use of the hands and feet. 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Climbing is the activity of climbing rocks or mountains. see also climb, rock climbing, social climbing

Moby Thesaurus

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