climbing

Noun

Synonyms: climb mounting

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.)Synonyms: climb mounting

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Climbing \Climb"ing\, p. pr. & vb. n. of Climb. [1913 Webster]

Climbing fern. See under Fern.

Climbing perch. (Zool.) See Anabas, and Labyrinthici. [1913 Webster]

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[imac]fa, and E. cleave to adhere.]

1.To ascend or mount laboriously, esp. by use of the hands and feet. [1913 Webster]

2.To ascend as if with effort; to rise to a higher point. [1913 Webster]

Black vapors climb aloft, and cloud the day.— Dryden.[1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]