climb up

/klaɪm əp/

/klaɪm əp/

Other forms: climbed up; climbing up; climbs up

Definitions of climb up

1. verb

   rise in rank or status
   synonyms: jump, rise

   type of:

   change

   undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature
2. verb

   go upward with gradual or continuous progress
   synonyms: climb, go up, mount

   types:

   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

   type of:

   arise, come up, go up, lift, move up, rise, uprise

   move upward
3. verb

   appear to be moving upward, as by means of tendrils
   “the vine climbed up the side of the house”

   synonyms: ascend