HOW TO PRONOUNCE
climb
/klaɪm/
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Keep the /aɪ/ vowel and the final m.
Keep k and l together at the start. Use the vowel in eye and finish with m; the b is silent.
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“Climb the stairs.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does climb mean?
verb
- To traverse a slope or contour, either upwards (ascending) or downwards (descending).
- (literally or figuratively): To ascend; rise; to go up.
- To ascend in a non-physical or figurative sense.
More meanings (11)
verb
- (figuratively) To move to a higher position on a chart or hierarchy.
- To mount; to move upwards on.
- To scale; to get to the top of something.
- To enter, mount or otherwise assume a position in or on a conveyance.
- To move (especially up and down something) by gripping with the hands and using the feet.
- To practise the sport of climbing.
- To jump high.
- (botany) Of plants, to grow upwards by clinging to something.
noun
- An act of climbing.
- The act of getting to somewhere more elevated.
- An effort of moving upward.
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IPA pronunciation
/klaɪm/
Pronunciation used in the listening tip.
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In the pages of books
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After a time he fell asleep, and some unsteady fairies had to climb over him on their way home from an orgy.
An hour later when Billy was ready to climb the stairs to his room, he went to Margaret to say good night.
More book examples (3)
To climb a vertical surface, and to find points of support where hardly a projection was visible, was play to Jean Valjean.
“Climb up the hill to the old fort and look at the little wriggling gold snakes, and watch the lizards sun themselves.”
“My friend, climb the tree and get the bird. I cannot climb so high. I would get dizzy and fall,” pleaded Iktomi.