Clamber

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Clamber \Clam"ber\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Clambered}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Clambering}.] [OE clambren, clameren, to heap
     together, climb; akin to Icel. klambra to clamp, G. klammern.
     Cf. {Clamp}, {Climb}.]
     To climb with difficulty, or with hands and feet; -- also
     used figuratively.


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           The narrow street that clambered toward the mill.
                                                    --Tennyson.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Clamber \Clam"ber\, n.
     The act of clambering. --T. Moore.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Clamber \Clam"ber\, v. t.
     To ascend by climbing with difficulty.
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           Clambering the walls to eye him.         --Shak.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  clamber
       n : an awkward climb; "reaching the crest was a real clamber"
       v : climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling [syn: {scramble}, {shin},
            {shinny}, {skin}, {struggle}, {sputter}]