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CLIMB UP

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Rise in rank or status

Example:

Her new novel jumped high on the bestseller list

Synonyms:

climb up; jump; rise

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "climb up" is one way to...):

change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP

Sense 2

Meaning:

Go upward with gradual or continuous progress

Example:

Did you ever climb up the hill behind your house?

Synonyms:

climb; climb up; go up; mount

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "climb up" is one way to...):

arise; come up; go up; lift; move up; rise; uprise (move upward)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "climb up"):

scale (climb up by means of a ladder)

escalade (climb up and over)

ramp (creep up -- used especially of plants)

mountaineer (climb mountains for pleasure as a sport)

ride (climb up on the body)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s PP

Sense 3

Meaning:

Appear to be moving upward, as by means of tendrils

Example:

the vine climbed up the side of the house

Synonyms:

ascend; climb up

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

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