climbing

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈklaɪ̯mɪŋ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -aɪmɪŋ

Noun

climbing (usually uncountable, plural climbings)

1. (uncountable) 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. (countable) Climb; ascent.

Derived terms

• anticlimbing
• board climbing
• climbing-boy
• climbing kiln
• climbing shoe
• climbing wall
• directory climbing
• free climbing
• hillclimbing
• ice climbng
• mixed climbing
• speed climbing
• stairclimbing
• superclimbing

Translations

the sport of climbing

Dutch: klimmen (nl) n, klimsport c Finnish: kiipeily (fi) French: escalade (fr) f German: Klettern n, Kletterei (de) f (coll.) Greek: αναρρίχηση (el) f (anarríchisi) Italian: arrampicata (it) f Romanian: cățărare f Slovak: šplh m Spanish: escalada (es) Swedish: klättring (sv) c Turkish: tırmanma (tr)

climbs; ascents

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Irish: (please verify) dreapadóireacht f

Verb

climbing

1. present participle and gerund of climb

Derived terms

• climbingly
• unclimbing

Adjective

climbing (not comparable)

1. (botany, of a plant) That climbs; that grows upwards by gripping onto a surface.

Derived terms

• American climbing fern
• climbing fern
• climbing fig
• Japanese climbing fern

See also

• bouldering

Further reading

• climbing on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Middle English

Noun

climbing

1. alternative form of clymbyng