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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Clamber \Clam"ber\, n.
The act of clambering. --T. Moore.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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]
WordNet (r) 2.0
scramble, shin, shinny, skin, sputter, struggle
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