Overview of noun climbing

The noun climbing has 1 sense

• climb, climbing, mounting -- (an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.))

Overview of verb climb

The verb climb has 6 senses

• climb, climb up, mount, go up -- (go upward with gradual or continuous progress; "Did you ever climb up the hill behind your house?")


• climb -- (move with difficulty, by grasping)


• wax, mount, climb, rise -- (go up or advance; "Sales were climbing after prices were lowered")


• climb -- (slope upward; "The path climbed all the way to the top of the hill")


• climb -- (improve one's social status; "This young man knows how to climb the social ladder")


• rise, go up, climb -- (increase in value or to a higher point; "prices climbed steeply"; "the value of our house rose sharply last year")