climbing
US/ˈklaɪ̯mɪŋ/
climbing noun: the sport of climbing, ascending a wall or a rock or another object using available holds, generally with the safety of a rope and belayer. Also the present participle and gerund of climb.
Noun
climbing (usually uncountable, plural climbings)
- The sport of climbing, ascending a wall or a rock or another object using available holds, generally with the safety of a rope and belayer.
- The next day, the team had to wear special ice climbing footwear while repairing other research devices on the glacier.
- Climb; ascent.
Adjective
climbing (not comparable)
- That climbs; that grows upwards by gripping onto a surface.
Also used as
climbing is also the present participle and gerund of climb.
climbing meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Bengali and Malayalam
climbing in Tamil
- ஏறுதல்
climbing in Marathi
- चढाई
climbing in Bengali
- আরোহণ
climbing in Malayalam
- മലകയറ്റം
More languagesFewer languages
- climbing in Punjabi
- ਚਡ਼੍ਹਾਈ
- climbing in Gujarati
- ચઢાણ, ક્લાઇમ્બિંગ
- climbing in Odia
- ଆରୋହଣ
Forms of climbing
| plural | climbings |
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Origin of climbing
From Middle English clymbyng, clymbynge; equivalent to climb + -ing.
Words formed from climbing
- climbingly
- unclimbing
- American climbing fern
- climbing fern
- climbing fig
- climbing wattle
- Japanese climbing fern
- anticlimbing
- board climbing
- climbing-boy
- climbing kiln
- climbing shoe
- climbing wall
- directory climbing
- free climbing
- hillclimbing
- ice climbng
- mixed climbing
- speed climbing
- stairclimbing
- superclimbing
Phrases with climbing
- climbing up
- aid climbing
- climbing boy
- climbing gym
- ice climbing
- climbing bolt
- climbing boys
- climbing down
- climbing figs
- climbing fort
- climbing gyms
- climbing hold
44 more phrasesFewer phrases
- climbing into
- climbing iron
- climbing lane
- climbing skin
- hill climbing
- lead climbing
- mast climbing
- rock climbing
- step climbing
- climbing bolts
- climbing ferns
- climbing forts
- climbing frame
- climbing holds
- climbing irons
- climbing kilns
- climbing lanes
- climbing perch
- climbing shoes
- climbing skins
- climbing walls
- sport climbing
- bullet climbing
- climbing frames
- cruise climbing
- social climbing
- climbing gourami
- climbing gouramis
- climbing mantella
- mountain climbing
- climbing gouramies
- climbing the walls
- technical climbing
- climbing nightshade
- climbing the ladder
- ants climbing a tree
- climbing nightshades
- traditional climbing
- climbing up the ladder
- American climbing ferns
- Japanese climbing ferns
- climbing maidenhair fern
- climbing maidenhair ferns
- climbing on the bandwagon
Words that rhyme with climbing
Questions about climbing
- What does climbing mean?
- Climbing means the sport of climbing, ascending a wall or a rock or another object using available holds, generally with the safety of a rope and belayer.
- What is climbing in Tamil?
- Climbing in Tamil is ஏறுதல். See Climbing meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is climbing?
- Climbing can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce climbing?
- Climbing is pronounced /ˈklaɪ̯mɪŋ/ (US).
- What is the plural of climbing?
- The plural of climbing is climbings.
Words near climbing in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: climbing (page history and authors); climbing (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); climbing (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); climbing (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); climbing (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); climbing (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); climbing (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); climbing (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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