climb

Sense 1 noun

an upward slope or grade (as in a road)

the car couldn't make it up the rise

Sense 2 verb

go upward with gradual or continuous progress

Did you ever climb up the hill behind your house?

Sense 3 noun

an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.)

Sense 4 verb

move with difficulty, by grasping

Sense 5 noun

the act of climbing something

it was a difficult climb to the top

Sense 6 verb

go up or advance

Sales were climbing after prices were lowered

Sense 7 verb

slope upward

The path climbed all the way to the top of the hill

Sense 8 verb

improve one's social status

This young man knows how to climb the social ladder

Sense 9 verb

increase in value or to a higher point

prices climbed steeply