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  • 21clamber — verb (intransitive always + adv/prep) to climb slowly, using your hands and feet (+ up/over/to etc): They clambered over the slippery rocks …

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  • 22clamber — verb Frankie clambered up to the top bunk Syn: scramble, climb, scrabble, claw one s way …

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  • 23clamber — v (all with difficulty) climb, mount, ascend; scramble, scrabble, crawl, claw, shin, shinny …

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  • 24clamber — clam·ber …

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  • 25clamber — [ˈklæmbə] verb [I] to climb something with difficulty, using your hands and feet Syn: scramble …

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  • 26clamber — clam•ber [[t]ˈklæm bər, ˈklæm ər[/t]] v. t. v. i. 1) to climb, using both feet and hands; climb with effort or difficulty 2) an act or instance of clambering • Etymology: 1325–75; ME clambren, freq. formation akin to climb; see er VI clam′ber•er …

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  • 27clamber — /ˈklæmbə / (say klambuh) verb (i) 1. to climb, using both feet and hands; climb with effort or difficulty. –noun 2. a clambering. {Middle English clambren, clameren, irregularly formed frequentative of climb; compare clamb, obsolete past tense of …

  • 28clamber — v. & n. v.intr. climb with hands and feet, esp. with difficulty or laboriously. n. a difficult climb. Etymology: ME, prob. f. clamb, obs. past tense of CLIMB …

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  • 29Clambered — 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… …

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  • 30Clambering — 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… …

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