climbing

Meanings

1. 1
   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.

   The next day, the team had to wear special ice climbing footwear while repairing other research devices on the glacier.

2. 2
   noun

   an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.)

3. 3
   noun

   Climb; ascent.

4. 4
   verb

   present participle and gerund of climb

5. 5
   adj

   That climbs; that grows upwards by gripping onto a surface.

Etymology

From Middle English clymbyng, clymbynge; equivalent to climb + -ing.