CLIMB UP

Pronunciation (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does climb up mean? 

• CLIMB UP (verb)
  The verb CLIMB UP has 2 senses:

1. go upward with gradual or continuous progress
2. rise in rank or status

  Familiarity information: CLIMB UP used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CLIMB UP (verb)

Meaning:

Go upward with gradual or continuous progress

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

climb; climb up; go up; mount

Context example:

Did you ever climb up the hill behind your house?

Hypernyms (to "climb up" is one way to...):

arise; come up; go up; lift; move up; rise; uprise (move upward)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "climb up"):

scale (climb up by means of a ladder)

escalade (climb up and over)

ramp (creep up -- used especially of plants)

mountaineer (climb mountains for pleasure as a sport)

ride (climb up on the body)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s PP

Meaning:

Rise in rank or status

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

climb up; jump; rise

Context example:

Her new novel jumped high on the bestseller list

Hypernyms (to "climb up" is one way to...):

change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP