climbing

Pluralclimbings (some meanings)

1. 1
   verb

   Present participle of climb. Use this form for an action happening now.

   The cat is climbing up the tall tree.

   After lunch we kept climbing toward the camp.

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2. 2
   noununcountable

   The sport of going up walls, rocks, or other surfaces using handholds, often with a rope for safety.

   Like going up a ladder, but using rocks and walls instead of steps.

   Climbing is a fun way to stay strong and active.

   He goes climbing at the indoor gym every weekend.

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3. 3
   adjective

   Describing a plant that grows upward by holding onto walls, fences, or other surfaces.

   Like a plant that uses a wall as a ladder to reach the sunlight.

   The climbing rose covered the whole fence by midsummer.

   They planted a climbing vine beside the porch.

   Similartwining, rambling

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4. 4
   nouncountable

   An act of going up something, like a hill or a steep slope.

   Each climbing up the hill took us about an hour.

   They made two climbings up the same cliff that day.

   Similarascent

   Oppositedescent

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