Lexic.us

Definition of Climber

1. Noun. A vine or climbing plant that readily grows up a support or over other plants.

2. Noun. Someone seeking social prominence by obsequious behavior.

3. Noun. Someone who ascends on foot. "A solitary mounter of the staircase"

4. Noun. Someone who climbs as a sport; especially someone who climbs mountains. "The lead climber looked strong still but his partner often slumped in his ropes"

5. Noun. An iron spike attached to the shoe to prevent slipping on ice when walking or climbing.

Definition of Climber

1. n. One who, or that which, climbs

2. v. i. To climb; to mount with effort; to clamber.

Definition of Climber

1. Noun. A person who climbs. ¹

2. Noun. A plant that climbs, such as a vine. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Climber

1. one that climbs [n -S] - See also: climbs

Lexicographical Neighbors of Climber

climaxes climaxing climaxless climb climb-down climb down climb on climb the walls climb up climbable

climbazole climbdown climbdowns climbed climbed the walls climber (current term) climbers climbest climbeth climbing

climbing bird's nest fern climbing bittersweet climbing bolt climbing boneset climbing corydalis climbing fern climbing fibres climbing frame climbing frames climbing fumitory

Literary usage of Climber

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Rose Annual by American Rose Society (1920)
"The type of rose needed and constantly asked for was that of a climber which in the ... The term "hardy everblooming climber" was in reality a misnomer as ..."

2. Trees and Shrubs: An Abridgment of the Arboretum Et Fruticetum Britannicum by John Claudius Loudon (1875)
"A deciduous climber. Nepal, on mountains. Height 10 tt. to 1 8 ft. ... A deciduous climber. Pennsylvania to Georgia. Height 6 ft. to 12 ft. ..."

3. An Encyclopædia of Trees and Shrubs: Being the Arboretum Et Fruticetum by John Claudius Loudon (1842)
"A deciduous climber. Nepal, on mountains. Height 10 ft. to 18 ft. ... A deciduous climber. Pennsylvania to Georgia. Height C ft. to 1 a ft. ..."

4. What the White Race May Learn from the Indian by George Wharton James (1908)
"CHAPTER VI THE INDIAN AS A WALKER, RIDER, AND climber ASa part of his out-of-door life the Indian is a •**• great walker and runner, having horses lie is a ..."

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