v. 1 Also, climb up. mount, ascend, go up, scale, shin (up), clamber up, US shinny (up) In one of the games we had to climb a greased pole Two Japanese teams have climbed Mount Everest. 2 creep, trail, twine; grow The ivy has climbed all over the garden wall 3 rise, arise, ascend, go up, mount; advance Watch the smoke climb into the sky 4 climb along. creep, edge, clamber, crawl, inch The cat burglar climbed along the ledge till he reached the window 5 climb down. a descend, go down We shall need a rope to climb down from here b Usually, climb down from. retreat (from), withdraw (from), back away (from), give up, abandon, renounce He has climbed down from his earlier position regarding women in the priesthood
n. 6 grade, incline, route, pitch; ascent; descent It was a steep climb to Camp Four