climb mount | the act of climbing something, it was a difficult climb to the top |
mountain climbing mountaineering | the activity of climbing a mountain |
rock climbing | the sport or pastime of scaling rock masses on mountain sides (especially with the help of ropes and special equipment) |
climbing salamander | any of several North American salamanders adapted for climbing with well-developed limbs and long somewhat squared-off toes |
climbing perch Anabas testudineus A. testudineus | a small perch of India whose gills are modified to allow it to breathe air, has spiny pectoral fins that enable it to travel on land |
climbing frame | a framework of bars or logs for children to climb on |
crampon crampoon climbing iron climber | an iron spike attached to the shoe to prevent slipping on ice when walking or climbing |
rig rigging | formation of masts, spars, sails, etc., on a vessel |
rigging tackle | gear consisting of ropes etc. supporting a ship's masts and sails |
withdrawal backdown climb-down | a retraction of a previously held position |
climb climbing mounting | an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.) |
rapid climb rapid growth zoom | a rapid rise |
ascent acclivity rise raise climb upgrade | an upward slope or grade (as in a road), the car couldn't make it up the rise |
climbing corydalis Corydalis claviculata Fumaria claviculata | annual vine with decompound leaves and racemes of yellow and pink flowers |
climbing fumitory Allegheny vine Adlumia fungosa Fumaria fungosa | vine with feathery leaves and white or pinkish flowers, sometimes placed in genus Fumaria |
climbing hempweed climbing boneset wild climbing hempweed climbing hemp-vine Mikania scandens | herb of tropical America having vanilla-scented flowers, climbs up trees |
climbing onion Bowiea volubilis | much-branched leafless twining South African herb cultivated as an ornamental for its bright green stems growing from large aboveground bulbs |
gloriosa glory lily climbing lily creeping lily Gloriosa superba | any plant of the genus Gloriosa of tropical Africa and Asia, a perennial herb climbing by means of tendrils at leaf tips having showy yellow to red or purple flowers, all parts are poisonous |
bittersweet American bittersweet climbing bittersweet false bittersweet staff vine waxwork shrubby bittersweet Celastrus scandens | twining shrub of North America having yellow capsules enclosing scarlet seeds |
climbing hydrangea Hydrangea anomala | deciduous climber with aerial roots having white to creamy flowers in fairly flat heads |
climbing hydrangea Hydrangea petiolaris | deciduous climber with aerial roots having large flat flower heads |
climbing hydrangea Schizophragma hydrangeoides | climbing shrub with adhesive aerial roots having opposite leaves and small white flowers in terminal cymes, Himalayas to Taiwan and Japan |
bittersweet bittersweet nightshade climbing nightshade deadly nightshade poisonous nightshade woody nightshade Solanum dulcamara | poisonous perennial Old World vine having violet flowers and oval coraled berries, widespread weed in North America |
climbing fern | any of several ferns of the genus Lygodium that climb by twining |
climbing maidenhair climbing maidenhair fern snake fern Lygodium microphyllum | tropical fern widespread in Old World, naturalized in Jamaica and Florida |
climbing bird's nest fern Microsorium punctatum | tropical Africa to Australasia and Polynesia |
rise go up climb | increase in value or to a higher point, prices climbed steeply, the value of our house rose sharply last year |
rise jump climb up | rise in rank or status, Her new novel jumped high on the bestseller list |
climb | improve one's social status, This young man knows how to climb the social ladder |
wax mount climb rise | go up or advance, Sales were climbing after prices were lowered |
climb climb up mount go up | go upward with gradual or continuous progress, Did you ever climb up the hill behind your house? |
hop on mount mount up get on jump on climb on bestride | get up on the back of, mount a horse |
climb | move with difficulty, by grasping |
alight climb down | come down, the birds alighted |
climb | slope upward, The path climbed all the way to the top of the hill |
ascend a climb up | appear to be moving upward, as by means of tendrils, the vine climbed up the side of the house |
semi-climbing | of plants that are semi-climbers |
tendril-climbing | of or relating to plants that climb by means of tendrils |