Movement

Synonyms for climb

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 3, Ridgeline · 1 sense · verb · Reason line included

The senseverbTier 3, RidgelineMovement

go upward with gradual or continuous progress

Did you ever climb up the hill behind your house?

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

ascend

Same sentence, swapped: Did you ever ascend up the hill behind your house?

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for climb as it is used in the sentence above.

wax
rocket
steam

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Closest first: other movement words at Ridgeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

dribbleverbdroplet or cause to fall in dropsRidgeline2 sensesHas a reason line evadeverbduckavoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)Ridgeline2 sensesHas a reason line extendverbunfoldextend or stretch out to a greater or the full lengthRidgeline2 sensesHas a reason line treadverbstepput down or press the foot, place the footTreelineHas a reason line vacateverbemptyleave behind emptyRidgelineHas a reason line whirlverbspinrevolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axisRidgelineHas a reason line windyadjectivebreezyabounding in or exposed to the wind or breezesRidgeline2 sensesHas a reason line wingnounfendera barrier that surrounds the wheels of a vehicle to block splashing water or mudRidgeline

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