Meaning

7 senses
  1. Someone or something that climbs (such as a mountain climber).

  2. Someone or something that climbs (such as a mountain climber).

    A plant such as a vine that climbs upwards as it grows by attaching itself to some support.

    Kletterpflanze, Schlingpflanze (twiner)

    лоза́lozá

    a vine or climbing plant that readily grows up a support or over other plants

  3. A cyclist who specializes in riding especially well on steep hills or roads.

  4. (derogatory, figuratively)A person who is constantly trying to get ahead socially.

  5. A bird that climbs, such as a parrot or woodpecker; specifically (archaic), a bird having two toes pointing forward, and two pointing backward, formerly regarded as being from the order Scansores or Zygodactyli (now obsolete as the birds formerly in this order have been reclassified into different orders); a zygodactyl.

  6. Something that is used for climbing.

    (Canada)Any structure on a playground designed to be climbed on.

  7. Synonym of climbing iron (“a kind of crampon attached to the shoe to aid with climbing”).

    an iron spike attached to the shoe to prevent slipping on ice when walking or climbing

Examples

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  1. Tom is an experienced mountain climber.

    ruТом — опытный альпинист.

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  2. Tom isn't a very good climber.

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  3. I know Tom is a mountain climber.

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  4. I know that Tom is a mountain climber.

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  5. Tom is not a very good climber.

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Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
plant such as a vine that climbs upwards as it grows by attaching itself to some support:
Русский
By meaning 1
someone or something that climbs:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
someone or something that climbs:
plant such as a vine that climbs upwards as it grows by attaching itself to some support:

Origin

From Middle English clymbere, clymber (“one who climbs, climber”), from climben (“to climb

From Middle English clymbere, clymber (“one who climbs, climber”), from climben (“to climb; to ascend, fly upward, rise; to slope upwards; to approach God in prayer; to advance; to overcome, triumph; to aspire; to be presumptuous”) + -er, -ere (suffix forming agent nouns). The English word is analysable as climb (verb) + -er (suffix forming agent nouns).

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Forms

plural: climbers
Singularclimber
Pluralclimbers

regular

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

12 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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