Noun
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the act of climbing something
"it was a difficult climb to the top"
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an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.)
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an upward slope or grade (as in a road)
"the car couldn't make it up the rise"
Verb
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increase in value or to a higher point
"prices climbed steeply"
"the value of our house rose sharply last year"
- go up -
improve one's social status
"This young man knows how to climb the social ladder"
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slope upward
"The path climbed all the way to the top of the hill"
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go up or advance
"Sales were climbing after prices were lowered"
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move with difficulty, by grasping
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go upward with gradual or continuous progress
"Did you ever climb up the hill behind your house?"
- climb up - go up