verb

1. To ascend; rise; to go up.

   “Prices climbed steeply.”

2. To mount; to move upwards on.

   “Climbing a tree”

3. To scale; to get to the top of something.

Synonyms: scale

noun

1. The sport of climbing, ascending a wall or a rock or another object using available holds, generally with the safety of a rope and belayer.

   “The next day, the team had to wear special ice climbing footwear while repairing other research devices on the glacier.”

2. Climb; ascent.

adjective

1. (of a plant) That climbs; that grows upwards by gripping onto a surface.