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Definitions for Climbable

[1] to go up or ascend, especially by using the hands and feet or feet only: to climb up a ladder.
[2] to rise slowly by or as if by continued effort: The car laboriously climbed to the top of the mountain.
[3] to ascend or rise: The plane climbed rapidly and we were soon at 35,000 feet. Temperatures climbed into the 80s yesterday.
[4] to slope upward: The road climbs steeply up to the house.
[5] to ascend by twining or by means of tendrils, adhesive tissues, etc., as a plant: The ivy climbed to the roof.
[6] to proceed or move by using the hands and feet, especially on an elevated place; crawl: to climb along a branch; to climb around on the roof.
[7] to ascend in prominence, fortune, etc.: From lowly beginnings he climbed to the highest office in the land.
[8] to ascend, go up, or get to the top of, especially by the use of the hands and feet or feet alone or by continuous or strenuous effort: to climb a rope; to climb the stairs; to climb a mountain.
[9] to go to the top of and over: The prisoners climbed the wall and escaped.
[10] a climbing; an ascent by climbing: It was a long climb to the top of the hill.
[11] a place to be climbed: That peak is quite a climb.
[12] climb down , to descend, especially by using both hands and feet. to retreat, as from an indefensible opinion or position: He was forced to climb down from his untenable position.
[13] climb the walls . wall(def 15) .
[14] (also tr often foll by up ) to go up or ascend (stairs, a mountain, etc)
[15] (often foll by along) to progress with difficulty to climb along a ledge
[16] to rise to a higher point or intensity the temperature climbed
[17] to incline or slope upwards the road began to climb
[18] to ascend in social position
[19] (of plants) to grow upwards by twining, using tendrils or suckers, etc
[20] informal (foll by into) to put (on) or get (into)
[21] to be a climber or mountaineer
[22] the act or an instance of climbing
[23] a place or thing to be climbed, esp a route in mountaineering

Words nearby Climbable

climbclimatic zone, climatize, climatology, climax, climax community, climb, climb down, climb indicator, climb on the bandwagon, climb the walls, climb-down

Origin of Climbable

before 1000; Middle English climben, Old English climban; cognate with Dutch, German klimmen; akin to clamber

Words that may be confused with Climbable

WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, climbclimb, clime

Other words from Climbable

climb·a·ble , adjective
half-climb·ing , adjective
non·climb·a·ble , adjective
non·climb·ing , adjective
re·climb , verb (used with object), re·climbed, re·climb·ing.
un·climb·a·ble , adjective
un·climbed , adjective
un·climb·ing , adjective
Related adjective: scansorial

Word origin for Climbable

Old English climban; related to Old Norse klembra to squeeze, Old High German climban to clamber