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misclimb

misclimb verb: to make a mistake while climbing; to climb too far or in the wrong direction.

Verb

misclimb (third-person singular simple present misclimbs, present participle misclimbing, simple past and past participle misclimbed)

  1. To make a mistake while climbing; to climb too far or in the wrong direction.
    • Or show you restless, miswandering, misclimbing ones new and easier footpaths?1909, Friedrich Nietzsche, translated by Thomas Common, Thus Spoke Zarathustra, →ISBN
    • Hey, dilly, dilly, They thought you were a Lily 'Cause they misclimbed your botanical tree. But don't resort to Valiums You botanists, for Alliums Are in the Amaryllis family.1981, Marilyn Singer, The Fanatic's Ecstatic Aromatic Guide to Onions, Garlic, Shallots, and Leeks, page 180

Forms of misclimb

third-person singular presentmisclimbs
present participlemisclimbing
past participlemisclimbed
pastmisclimbed

Origin of misclimb

From mis- + climb.

Words that rhyme with misclimb

31 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about misclimb

What does misclimb mean?
Misclimb means to make a mistake while climbing; to climb too far or in the wrong direction.
What part of speech is misclimb?
Misclimb is a verb.
What is the past tense of misclimb?
The past tense of misclimb is misclimbed.

Words near misclimb in the dictionary

  1. miscleaving
  2. misclick
  3. misclicked
  4. misclicking
  5. misclicks
  6. misclimb
  7. misclimbed
  8. misclimbing
  9. misclimbs
  10. misclock
  11. misclocked

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