to ascend or mount laboriously, esp. by use of the hands and feet.-to ascend as if with effort; to rise to a higher point.-to ascend or creep upward by twining about a support, or by attaching itself by tendrils, rootlets, etc., to a support or upright surface.-to ascend, as by means of the hands and feet, or laboriously or slowly; to mount.-the act of one who climbs; ascent by climbing.