CLIMB

climb. Climb, v. climbed, climbed, pa. to mount by the hands as well as feet, to ascend with labor

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Climb (klīm), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Climbed (klīmd), Obs. or Vulgar Clomb (klŏm); p. pr. & vb. n. Climbing.] [[AS. climban; akin to OHG. chlimban, G. & D. klimmen, Icel. klīfa, and E. cleave to adhere.]] 1. 1. To ascend or mount laboriously, esp. by use of the hands and feet.
2. 2. To ascend as if with effort; to rise to a higher point.
Black vapors climb aloft, and cloud the day. Dryden. 3. 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.