climb

sense 1: go upward with gradual or continuous progress; "Did you ever climb up the hill behind your house?"
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sense 2: move with difficulty, by grasping
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sense 3: go up or advance; "Sales were climbing after prices were lowered"
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sense 4: slope upward; "The path climbed all the way to the top of the hill"
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sense 5: improve one's social status; "This young man knows how to climb the social ladder"
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sense 6: increase in value or to a higher point; "prices climbed steeply"; "the value of our house rose sharply last year"
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