climb up

verb

to make a gradual ascent or increase

Meanings

verbclimb up (third-person singular simple present climbs up, present participle climbing up, simple past and past participle climbed up)

present singular third person climbs up · participle present climbing up · participle past climbed up · past climbed up

  1. intransitiveto make a gradual ascent or increase
  2. transitiveto gradually ascend something

Synonyms & antonyms

verbgo upward with gradual or continuous progress

verbrise in rank or status

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

French gravir
  • gravirgradually ascend something
German aufsteigen, aufsteigen
  • aufsteigenmake a gradual ascent or increase
  • aufsteigengradually ascend something
  • besteigengradually ascend something
  • erklimmengradually ascend something
Hungarian felmászik
  • felmászikmake a gradual ascent or increase
Latin ascendō, ascendō
  • ascendōmake a gradual ascent or increase
  • ascendōgradually ascend something
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “climb up,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/climb%20up.

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