Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

beclimb

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: be-climb
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To climb up, ascend.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"Aforetime on his father's knee likewise This father fond beclomb'd with merry glee […]"
"The stonen stairs beclimbed the mound, Ere father put a foot to ground […]"
"In the inland distance the land heaves northward and west-ward into soft-outlined hills, which culminate between those points in the lordly Head of Lugnaquilla, much beclimbed of tourists to Glenmalure."
"The most historic and beclimbed rock of all was the Old Man of the Mountain."

Etymology

From be- (“on, upon”) + climb. Compare Dutch beklimmen (“to climb up, mount, scale”).

Word Breakdown

Prefix: be-

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

beclimbs (present, singular) beclimbing (participle, present) beclimbed (participle, past) beclimbed (past)

Questions

What does beclimb mean?: To climb up, ascend.
Where does beclimb come from?: From be- (“on, upon”) + climb. Compare Dutch beklimmen (“to climb up, mount, scale”).

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