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climb
to move up, down, or across something using your hands and feet:
• Most kids love climbing trees. • Several fans climbed onto the roof of the arena to get a better view. • She climbed down the ladder.
ascend
formal to climb up something:
• He began to ascend the narrow winding staircase. • the first man to ascend Mount Everest
go up
to climb up something such as a slope or stairs:
• He went up the steps to the platform. • Sonia was quiet as they went up the hill.
scale
formal to climb to the top of something such as a high wall or fence:
• Somehow the men had scaled the twenty-foot wall without setting off the alarm. • Protestors scaled the walls of the building and hung banners. • Rescuers had to scale a one-thousand-foot cliff before they could reach the injured climber.
clamber
to climb somewhere with difficulty, using your hands to help you:
• At last we saw the two girls clambering down the slope to safety. • Everyone clambered onto the back of the truck.
scramble
to climb somewhere quickly and with difficulty, using your hands to help you, especially when you are walking:
• They scrambled up the steep rocky bank.
Longman-Thesaurus
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verb move up towards the top of sth ADV. high Don't climb too high. | slowly PREP. up He climbed slowly up the ladder. PHRASES climb to the top We climbed right to the top of the mountain. | go climbing (= climb up mountains for sport) He goes climbing in Scotland every summer. move/lead upwards ADV. gradually, slowly | steadily | steeply | up VERB + CLIMB begin to The path began to climb quite steeply. PREP. from The road gradually climbs up from the village. | to The plane took off and climbed to 20,000 feet. increase ADV. sharply, steeply Prices have climbed sharply in recent months. | steadily PREP. above The temperature had climbed above 90 degrees. | from, to Unemployment has climbed from two million to three million., noun act of climbing ADJ. long, slow | short | arduous, difficult, exhausting, hard, sharp, steep | easy | steady VERB + CLIMB do, make I was fitter the first time I did the climb. PREP. on a/the ~ I broke my ankle on a climb last week. | ~ from/to the short climb from the road to the summit | ~ up They began the long climb up the hill. increase in value/amount/status ADJ. long, slow | rapid | gradual, steady PREP. ~ against the dollar's climb against the euro | ~ in a steady climb in the cost of travel | ~ out of a long slow climb out of recession | ~ to her rapid climb to stardom
Oxford Collocations Dictionary