Climb (klīm), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Climbed (klīmd), Obs. or Vulgar Clomb (klŏm); p. pr. & vb. n. Climbing.] [AS. climban; akin to OHG. chlimban, G. & D. klimmen, Icel. klīfa, and E. cleave to adhere.]

1. To ascend or mount laboriously, esp. by use of the hands and feet.

2. To ascend as if with effort; to rise to a higher point.

Black vapors climb aloft, and cloud the day. Dryden.

3. (Bot.) To ascend or creep upward by twining about a support, or by attaching itself by tendrils, rootlets, etc., to a support or upright surface.

Climb , n. The act of one who climbs; ascent by climbing. Warburton.

Climb , v. t. To ascend, as by means of the hands and feet, or laboriously or slowly; to mount.

-- Webster's unabridged 1913