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climbing up

climbing up is the present participle and gerund of climb up.

Meaning of climb up

Verb

climb up (third-person singular simple present climbs up, present participle climbing up, simple past and past participle climbed up)

  1. (intransitive) to make a gradual ascent or increase
  2. (transitive) to gradually ascend something

Questions about climbing up

What is climbing up the present participle and gerund of?
Climbing up is the present participle and gerund of climb up.

Words near climbing up in the dictionary

  1. climbing shoes
  2. climbing skin
  3. climbing skins
  4. climbing the ladder
  5. climbing the walls
  6. climbing up
  7. climbing up the ladder
  8. climbing wall
  9. climbing walls
  10. climbing wattle
  11. climbing-boy

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