A2verb · transitive · common

climb

climb · climbs · climbed · climbing

підніматися, лізти, піднятися, лазити

подняться, лезть, залезть, подниматься

klettern, steigen, aufsteigen

To traverse a slope or contour, either upwards or downwardsTo traverse a slope or contour, either upwards (ascending) or downwards (descending).

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/ˈklaɪ̯m/

» A bear can climb a tree.

Ein Bär kann auf einen Baum klettern.

Медведь может залезть на дерево.

Ведмеді можуть лазити по деревах.

Ведмеді вміють лазити по деревах.

Meaning

11 senses

(intransitive)To traverse a slope or contour, either upwards (ascending) or downwards (descending).
(intransitive)(literally or figuratively): To ascend; rise; to go up.
klettern, steigen
поднима́тьсяpodnimátʹsja, подня́тьсяpodnjátʹsja
підніма́тисяpidnimátysja
(literally or figuratively): To ascend; rise; to go up.
(intransitive)To ascend in a non-physical or figurative sense.
The hit song has climbed to the number one spot.
(figuratively, intransitive)To move to a higher position on a chart or hierarchy.
Prices climbed steeply.
(transitive)To mount; to move upwards on.
climbing a tree
They climbed the mountain.
klettern, steigen
взбира́тьсяvzbirátʹsja, взобра́тьсяvzobrátʹsja, ла́зитьlázitʹ
ла́зитиlázyty, пола́зитиpolázyty, лі́зтиlízty
move with effort, by grasping
(transitive)To scale; to get to the top of something.
aufsteigen
(intransitive)To enter, mount or otherwise assume a position in or on a conveyance.
He climbed into the passenger-seat of the car.
We'll climb back on our bikes and continue the route.
(transitive)To move (especially up and down something) by gripping with the hands and using the feet.
My legs were so stiff and my arms so sore that this morning I could barely climb out of bed.
Greasing involves climbing under the vehicle into an inspection pit.
klettern
кара́бкатьсяkarábkatʹsja, вскара́бкатьсяvskarábkatʹsja, взбира́тьсяvzbirátʹsja
здира́тисяzdyrátysja, лі́зтиlízty, зла́зитиzlázyty
(intransitive)To practise the sport of climbing.
klettern
(intransitive)To jump high.
(intransitive, transitive)(botany) Of plants, to grow upwards by clinging to something.
klettern

Examples

1292 sentences

A bear can climb a tree.
Ведмеді можуть лазити по деревах.
ruМедведь может залезть на дерево.
deEin Bär kann auf einen Baum klettern.
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Tom tried to climb the tall tree.
Том намагався залізти на високе дерево.
ruТом пытался залезть на высокое дерево.
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I helped Tom climb over the wall.
Я допоміг Тому перелізти через паркан.
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Do you think you could climb to the top of this tree?
Думаєш, ти можеш залізти на це дерево?
ruКак ты думаешь, ты бы смог забраться на вершину этого дерева?
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I want to climb this mountain.
Я хочу залізти на гору.
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 3

to ascend, to go up:

to mount, to move upwards on:

to move by using the hands and feet:

Русский

By meaning 3

to ascend, to go up:

to mount, to move upwards on:

to move by using the hands and feet:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

to ascend, to go up:

to scale:

Origin

From Middle English climben, clymben, from Old English climban (“to climb”), from Proto-We

From Middle English climben, clymben, from Old English climban (“to climb”), from Proto-West Germanic *klimban, from Proto-Germanic *klimbaną (“to climb, go up by clinging”), believed to be a nasalised variant of Proto-Germanic *klibaną, *klibāną (“to stick, cleave”), from Proto-Indo-European *gley- (“to stick”). Cognate with West Frisian klimme (“to climb”), Dutch klimmen (“to climb”), German klimmen (“to climb”), Old Norse klembra (“to squeeze”), Icelandic klifra (“to climb”). Related to clamber. See also clay, glue.

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Forms

climbs, climbing, climbed, climbed

Base form	climb · to climb
3rd person singular	climbs
Present participle	climbing
Past simple	climbed
Past participle	climbed

regular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	climb
he, she, it	climbs

Past simpleLesson

all persons

climbed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have climbed
he, she, it	has climbed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will climb

Phrasal verbs

3 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

7 synonyms

get to the top of:scaleA2

Close in meaning

go upward with gradual or continuous progress:climb up mount go up ascend
increase in value or to a higher point:rise go up
go up or advance:wax mount rise

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

B1Silent letters — Because the lesson uses it
A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form

Collocations

12 patterns

climbed mt fuji
mountain climbing
go mountain climbing
climbed mt
climbed up the
to climb mt
climbing trees
climbed over the
mountain climbing with
climb the mountain
climb that mountain
rock climbing