What is the meaning of climbing?

noun

• An event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc..
  • synonyms: climb, mounting

verb

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