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(klm), v. i.[imp. & p. p.Climbed (klmd), Obs. or Vulgar Clomb (klm); p. pr. & vb. n.Climbing.] [AS. climban; akin to OHG. chlimban, G. & D. klimmen, Icel. klfa, 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. Climb v. t.To ascend, as by means of the hands and feet, or laboriously or slowly; to mount. Climb n.The act of one who climbs; ascent by climbing. Warburton. スポンサード リンク
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