climb in WordNet English dictionary

1. an upward slope or grade (as in a road)
   "the car couldn't make it up the rise"
   ascent  acclivity  rise  raise  climb  upgrade 
   
2. the act of climbing something
   "it was a difficult climb to the top"
   climb  mount 
   
3. an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.)
   climb  climbing  mounting 
   

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