clamber+up
11clamber — clam|ber [ klæmbər ] verb intransitive clamber up/over/into etc. to climb something with difficulty, using your hands and feet: I clambered up the ladder into the hay loft …
12clamber — [[t]klæ̱mbə(r)[/t]] clambers, clambering, clambered VERB If you clamber somewhere, you climb there with difficulty, usually using your hands as well as your feet. [V prep/adv] They clambered up the stone walls of a steeply terraced olive grove …
13clamber down — phr verb Clamber down is used with these nouns as the object: ↑slope …
14clamber — intransitive verb (clambered; clambering) Etymology: Middle English clambren; akin to Old English climban to climb Date: 14th century to climb awkwardly (as by scrambling) < clambered over the rocks > • clamberer noun …
15clamber — clamberer, n. /klam beuhr, klam euhr/, v.t., v.i. 1. to climb, using both feet and hands; climb with effort or difficulty. n. 2. an act or instance of clambering. [1325 75; ME clambren, equiv. to clamb (akin to CLIMB) + r ER6 + en inf. suffix] *… …
16clamber — verb /klˈæm.bə(ɹ)/ To climb something with some difficulty, or in a haphazard fashion. The children clambered over the jungle gym with reckless abandon …
17clamber — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. scramble, crawl, shin up. See ascent. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. mount, scale, scramble; see climb 2 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. climb, scale, *crab, climb with all fours, scrabble, ascend,… …
18clamber — clam·ber || klæmbÉ™ n. difficult climb or ascent v. climb with hands and feet, scramble, scale …
19clamber — verb climb or move in an awkward and laborious way. noun an act of clambering. Origin ME: prob. from clamb, obs. past tense of climb …
20clamber — v. n. Climb (with difficulty), scramble …
