VERB | motion | climb up, climb, mount, go up | go upward with gradual or continuous progress |
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motion | climb up, ascend | appear to be moving upward, as by means of tendrils | |
change | climb up, rise, jump | rise in rank or status |
Meaning | go upward with gradual or continuous progress. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s PP | |
Example | "Did you ever climb up the hill behind your house?" | |
Synonyms | climb, mount, go up | |
Narrower | escalade | climb up and over |
mountaineer | climb mountains for pleasure as a sport | |
ramp | creep up -- used especially of plants | |
ride | climb up on the body | |
scale | climb up by means of a ladder | |
Broader | rise, lift, arise, move up, go up, come up, uprise | Move upward |
Spanish | ascender, escalar, montar, subir, trepar | |
Catalan | elevar-se, enfilar-se, escalar, grimpar, muntar, pujar |
Meaning | Appear to be moving upward, as by means of tendrils. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s | |
Synonym | ascend | |
Spanish | ascender, subir | |
Catalan | ascendir |
Meaning | Rise in rank or status. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP | |
Synonyms | rise, jump | |
Broader | change | Undergo a change |
Spanish | ascender, escalar, subir | |
Catalan | escalar, pujar |
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