climber
Meanings
noun
- Someone or something that climbs (such as a mountain climber).
- A plant such as a vine that climbs upwards as it grows by attaching itself to some support.
- A cyclist who specializes in riding especially well on steep hills or roads.
- A person who is constantly trying to get ahead socially.
- A bird that climbs, such as a parrot or woodpecker; specifically (archaic), a bird having two toes pointing forward, and two pointing backward, formerly regarded as being from the order Scansores or Zygodactyli (now obsolete as the birds formerly in this order have been reclassified into different orders); a zygodactyl.
- Something that is used for climbing.
- Any structure on a playground designed to be climbed on.
- Synonym of climbing iron (“a kind of crampon attached to the shoe to aid with climbing”).
verb
- To ascend or mount with effort; to clamber, to climb.
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Etymology
From Middle English clymbere, clymber (“one who climbs, climber”), from climben (“to climb; to ascend, fly upward, rise; to slope upwards; to approach God in prayer; to advance; to overcome, triumph; to aspire; to be presumptuous”) + -er, -ere (suffix forming agent nouns). The English word is analysable as climb (verb) + -er (suffix forming agent nouns).
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