What is the meaning of climb?

noun

• An upward slope or grade (as in a road. )
  • usage: "the car couldn't make it up the rise"
  • synonyms: ascent, acclivity, rise, raise, upgrade
• An event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc..
  • synonyms: climbing, mounting
• The act of climbing something.
  • usage: "it was a difficult climb to the top"
  • synonyms: mount

verb

• Go upward with gradual or continuous progress.
  • usage: "Did you ever climb up the hill behind your house"
  • synonyms: climb up, mount, go up
• Move with difficulty, by grasping.
• Go up or advance.
  • usage: "Sales were climbing after prices were lowered"
  • synonyms: wax, mount, rise
• Slope upward.
  • usage: "The path climbed all the way to the top of the hill"
• Improve one's social status.
  • usage: "This young man knows how to climb the social ladder"
• Increase in value or to a higher point.
  • usage: "prices climbed steeply"; "the value of our house rose sharply last year"
  • synonyms: rise, go up