kiivetä — meaning in English

English meaning

• climb verb To move upward, especially using effort — going up a hill, ladder, stairs, or rock face.
• mount noun A hill or mountain, especially used before a proper name.
• scale noun The size, extent, or proportion of something, especially compared to something else.
• shin noun The front part of the lower leg, between the knee and the ankle.

Senses

kiivetä is used for these senses in English:

• climb (transitive) To mount; to move upwards on.
• climb (transitive) To scale; to get to the top of something.
• climb (transitive) To move (especially up and down something) by gripping with the hands and using the feet.
• mount (obsolete, transitive) To cause (something) to rise or ascend; to drive up; to raise; to elevate; to lift up.
• scale (transitive) To climb to the top of.
• shin To climb up or lower oneself down a mast, tree, rope, or the like, by embracing it alternately with the arms and legs, without help of steps, spurs, or the like.

climb — full definition

1. verb To move upward, especially using effort — going up a hill, ladder, stairs, or rock face.
2. verb To rise or increase, as a number, price, or position in a ranking.
3. noun An act or instance of climbing; an ascent.

mount — full definition

1. noun A hill or mountain, especially used before a proper name.
2. noun An animal, especially a horse, that a person rides.
3. noun A backing, frame, or fixture that something is attached to or displayed on.
4. verb To climb onto or get up on something, especially a horse or bicycle.
5. verb To attach or fix something onto a support, backing, or wall.

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