climb

Meanings

Noun

• an upward slope or grade (as in a road)
• an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.)
• the act of climbing something
  • "it was a difficult climb to the top"

Verb

• go upward with gradual or continuous progress
  • "Did you ever climb up the hill behind your house?"
• move with difficulty, by grasping
• go up or advance
  • "Sales were climbing after prices were lowered"
• slope upward
  • "The path climbed all the way to the top of the hill"
• improve one's social status
  • "This young man knows how to climb the social ladder"
• increase in value or to a higher point
  • "prices climbed steeply"

Synonyms

acclivity, ascent, climb up, climbing, go up, mount, mounting, raise, rise, upgrade, wax

Antonyms

descent, wane