Hypertext Webster Gateway: "climbing"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Climbing \Climb"ing\,
p. pr. & vb. n. of {Climb}.

{Climbing fern}. See under {Fern}.

{Climbing perch}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Anabas}, and
{Labyrinthici}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Climb \Climb\ (kl[imac]m), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Climbed}
(kl[imac]md), Obs. or Vulgar {Clomb} (kl[o^]m); p. pr. & vb.
n. {Climbing}.] [AS. climban; akin to OHG. chlimban, G. & D.
klimmen, Icel. kl[=i]fa, 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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

climbing
adj : used especially of plants; having a tendency to climb; "a
climbing fern"; "plants of a creeping or scandent
nature" [syn: {climbing(a)}, {scandent}]
n : an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in
altitude or temperature or intensity etc.) [syn: {climb},
{mounting}]


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