Clomb

Clomb
Climb Climb (kl[imac]m), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Climbed} (kl[imac]md), Obs. or Vulgar {Clomb} (kl[o^]m); p. pr. & vb. n. {Climbing}.] [AS. climban; akin to OHG. chlimban, G. & D. klimmen, Icel. kl[=i]fa, and E. cleave to adhere.] 1. To ascend or mount laboriously, esp. by use of the hands and feet. [1913 Webster]

2. To ascend as if with effort; to rise to a higher point. [1913 Webster]

Black vapors climb aloft, and cloud the day. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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  • Clomb — Clomb, Clomben Clomb en, imp. & p. p. of {Climb} (for climbed). [Obs.] [1913 Webster] The sonne, he sayde, is clomben up on hevene. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • clomb — s.n. v. cloambă. Trimis de gall, 27.02.2008. Sursa: DLRM …   Dicționar Român

  • clomb — [klōm] vi., vt. archaic pt. & pp. of CLIMB …   English World dictionary

  • clomb — I. Etymology: clomb, past, from Middle English, alteration of clamb, from Old English, past of climban to climb; clomb, past participle, from Middle English, alteration of clomben, clumben, from Old English clumben, past participle of climban… …   Useful english dictionary

  • clomb — /klohm/, v. Chiefly Eastern Virginia. pt. and pp. of climb. * * * …   Universalium

  • up|clomb — «uhp KLOHM», verb. Archaic. a past tense and past participle of upclimb …   Useful english dictionary

  • Clomben — Clomb Clomb, Clomben Clomb en, imp. & p. p. of {Climb} (for climbed). [Obs.] [1913 Webster] The sonne, he sayde, is clomben up on hevene. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Climb — (kl[imac]m), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Climbed} (kl[imac]md), Obs. or Vulgar {Clomb} (kl[o^]m); p. pr. & vb. n. {Climbing}.] [AS. climban; akin to OHG. chlimban, G. & D. klimmen, Icel. kl[=i]fa, and E. cleave to adhere.] 1. To ascend or mount… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Climbed — Climb Climb (kl[imac]m), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Climbed} (kl[imac]md), Obs. or Vulgar {Clomb} (kl[o^]m); p. pr. & vb. n. {Climbing}.] [AS. climban; akin to OHG. chlimban, G. & D. klimmen, Icel. kl[=i]fa, and E. cleave to adhere.] 1. To ascend or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Climbing — Climb Climb (kl[imac]m), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Climbed} (kl[imac]md), Obs. or Vulgar {Clomb} (kl[o^]m); p. pr. & vb. n. {Climbing}.] [AS. climban; akin to OHG. chlimban, G. & D. klimmen, Icel. kl[=i]fa, and E. cleave to adhere.] 1. To ascend or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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