clambered (verb)

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• clamber — [[t]klæ̱mbə(r)[/t]] clambers, clambering, clambered VERB If you clamber somewhere, you climb there with difficulty, usually using your hands as well as your feet. [V prep/adv] They clambered up the stone walls of a steeply terraced olive grove …   English dictionary

• clamber — verb /klˈæm.bə(ɹ)/ To climb something with some difficulty, or in a haphazard fashion. The children clambered over the jungle gym with reckless abandon …   Wiktionary

• clamber — verb (intransitive always + adv/prep) to climb slowly, using your hands and feet (+ up/over/to etc): They clambered over the slippery rocks …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• clamber — verb Frankie clambered up to the top bunk Syn: scramble, climb, scrabble, claw one s way …   Thesaurus of popular words

• clamber — UK [ˈklæmbə(r)] / US [ˈklæmbər] verb [intransitive] Word forms clamber : present tense I/you/we/they clamber he/she/it clambers present participle clambering past tense clambered past participle clambered to climb something with difficulty, using …   English dictionary

• clamber — intransitive verb (clambered; clambering) Etymology: Middle English clambren; akin to Old English climban to climb Date: 14th century to climb awkwardly (as by scrambling) < clambered over the rocks > • clamberer noun …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• slope — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ precipitous (formal), steep ▪ gentle, gradual, slight ▪ long, short …   Collocations dictionary

• squirm — 1. verb /skwɜːm,skwɝːm/ a) To twist one’s body with snakelike motions. The prisoner managed to squirm out of the straitjacket. b) To twist in discomfort, especially from shame or …   Wiktionary

• hillside — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ steep ▪ rocky ▪ bare, exposed, open (all esp. BrE) ▪ grassy, green, woode …   Collocations dictionary

• clamber — clam|ber [ klæmbər ] verb intransitive clamber up/over/into etc. to climb something with difficulty, using your hands and feet: I clambered up the ladder into the hay loft …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• trust to — PHRASAL VERB: no passive If you trust to luck or instinct, you hope that it will enable you to achieve what you are trying to do, because you have nothing else to help you. [V P n] I clambered over the gate and set off for the valley, trusting to …   English dictionary