1.an upward slope or grade (as in a road);
the car couldn't make it up the rise
2.an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.)
3.the act of climbing something;
it was a difficult climb to the top
1.go upward with gradual or continuous progress;
Did you ever climb up the hill behind your house?
2.move with difficulty, by grasping
3.go up or advance;
Sales were climbing after prices were lowered
4.slope upward;
The path climbed all the way to the top of the hill
5.improve one's social status;
This young man knows how to climb the social ladder
6.increase in value or to a higher point;
prices climbed steeply