Definition of "climb" []

• To move upward on or mount, especially by using the hands and feet or the feet alone; ascend: climb a mountain; climbed the stairs. (verb-transitive)
• To grow in an upward direction on or over: ivy climbing the walls. (verb-transitive)
• To move oneself upward, especially by using the hands and feet. (verb-intransitive)
• To rise slowly, steadily, or effortfully; ascend. See Synonyms at rise. (verb-intransitive)
• To move in a specified direction by using the hands and feet: climbed down the ladder; climbed out the window. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "By land it would not be more than an hour's climb; but then a _climb_ it must be, and this was almost impossible under the circumstances; whilst, on the other hand, with the wind no longer in our favour, it would be a good two hours getting back by water, and there was the anxiety of not being able to let my father know."
• "Because reaching the top of Kilimanjaro doesn't require technical climbing skills, the climb is attracting growing numbers of inexperienced hikers like us."
• "His only worry about the climb is the last leg because it will be at night and the dark weakens his ability to find his balance."