climb definition

1. an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.)
2. the act of climbing something
• examples: it was a difficult climb to the top
3. go upward with gradual or continuous progress
• examples: Did you ever climb up the hill behind your house?
4. move with difficulty, by grasping
5. slope upward
• examples: The path climbed all the way to the top of the hill
6. improve one's social status
• examples: This young man knows how to climb the social ladder