verb
1. go upward with gradual or continuous progress (Freq. 3)
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Did you ever climb up the hill behind your house?
• Derivationally related forms: ↑mount (for: ↑mount), ↑mounter (for: ↑mount), ↑mounting (for: ↑mount), ↑climb (for: ↑climb), ↑climber (for: ↑climb), ↑climbing (for: ↑climb)
• Hypernyms:
• Hyponyms: ↑scale, ↑escalade, ↑ramp, ↑mountaineer, ↑ride
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something
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Somebody ——s PP
2. appear to be moving upward, as by means of tendrils
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the vine climbed up the side of the house
• Syn: ↑ascend
• Verb Frames:
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Something ——s
3. rise in rank or status
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Her new novel jumped high on the bestseller list
• Hypernyms: ↑change
• Verb Frames:
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Something ——s
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Something is ——ing PP
Useful english dictionary. 2012.