unclimb

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verb

To undo the climbing of; to climb down or back from.

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Meanings

verbunclimb (third-person singular simple present unclimbs, present participle unclimbing, simple past and past participle unclimbed)

present singular third person unclimbs · participle present unclimbing · participle past unclimbed · past unclimbed

  1. transitiveTo undo the climbing of; to climb down or back from.

    Then I began to unclimb the Rocky Mountains.

    1924, Minnie Hill Wood, Afoot and Alone from Washington, D. C., to San Francisco, page 243
    1 more example

    If you need to be back down on the ground again you have to "unclimb" the tree the same way.

    1984, Field & Stream, volume 89, number 6, page 81

Origin

From un- + climb.

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APA

unclimb. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unclimb

MLA

“unclimb.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unclimb. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unclimb,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unclimb.

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