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Antonyms for climbing

Grammar : Verb
Spell : klahym
Phonetic Transcription : klaɪm

Definition of climbing

Origin :
  • Old English climban "raise oneself using hands and feet; rise gradually, ascend; make an ascent of" (past tense clamb, past participle clumben, clumbe), from West Germanic *klimbanan "go up by clinging" (cf. Dutch klimmen "to climb," Old High German klimban, German klimmen). A strong verb in Old English, weak by 16c. Most other Germanic languages long ago dropped the -b. Meaning "to mount as if by climbing" is from mid-14c. Figurative sense of "rise slowly by effort" is from mid-13c. Related: Climbed; climbing.
  • verb crawl, move up
Example sentences :
  • Harriet's climbing was not so rapid as to make her dizzy; but business was coming.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • There is nothing extraordinary about climbing the Teton Pass—to tell about.
  • Extract from : « A Woman Tenderfoot » by Grace Gallatin Seton-Thompson
  • Besides, they can rake us with bullets from ambush, while we're climbing up the ridge.
  • Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
  • They asked to be excused from traveling inland and climbing rocks.
  • Extract from : « Welsh Fairy Tales » by William Elliott Griffis
  • Raby pushed logs under the windows, and, climbing up, looked in.
  • Extract from : « Hetty's Strange History » by Anonymous
  • Or I might dream of climbing for ever the tall dark trees above me.
  • Extract from : « Alarms and Discursions » by G. K. Chesterton
  • The climbing of mountains would only have prolonged their disaster.
  • Extract from : « Life: Its True Genesis » by R. W. Wright
  • Instantly Nancy was over the rail and Tom was climbing down after her.
  • Extract from : « The Inn at the Red Oak » by Latta Griswold
  • Up and up they went, one after the other, each man counting off and climbing.
  • Extract from : « Slaves of Mercury » by Nat Schachner
  • The gentleman probably doesn't want you climbing all over him.
  • Extract from : « Ruggles of Red Gap » by Harry Leon Wilson

Synonyms for climbing

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