WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
climb up v 1: go upward with gradual or continuous progress; "Did you ever climb up the hill behind your house?" [syn: climb, climb up, mount, go up] 2: appear to be moving upward, as by means of tendrils; "the vine climbed up the side of the house" [syn: ascend, climb up] 3: rise in rank or status; "Her new novel jumped high on the bestseller list" [syn: rise, jump, climb up]