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Climbing
- verb - an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.)
- go up or advance; "Sales were climbing after prices were lowered"
- go upward with gradual or continuous progress; "Did you ever climb up the hill behind your house?"
- improve one's social status; "This young man knows how to climb the social ladder"
- increase in value or to a higher point; "prices climbed steeply"; "the value of our house rose sharply last year"
- move with difficulty, by grasping
- slope upward; "The path climbed all the way to the top of the hill"
Clinched
- verb - closed or squeezed together tightly; "a clenched fist"; "his clenched (or clinched) teeth"
- embrace amorously
- flatten the ends (of nails and rivets); "the nails were clinched"
- hold a boxing opponent with one or both arms so as to prevent punches
- hold in a tight grasp; "clench a steering wheel"
- secure or fasten by flattening the ends of nails or bolts; "The girder was clinched into the wall"
- settle conclusively; "clinch a deal"
Clincher
- noun - a point or fact or remark that settles something conclusively
- a tool used to clinch nails or bolts or rivets
- an argument that is conclusive
Clinches
- noun - (boxing) the act of one boxer holding onto the other to avoid being hit and to rest momentarily
- a device (generally used by carpenters) that holds things firmly together
- a small slip noose made with seizing
- a tight or amorous embrace; "come here and give me a big hug"
- embrace amorously
- flatten the ends (of nails and rivets); "the nails were clinched"
- hold a boxing opponent with one or both arms so as to prevent punches
- hold in a tight grasp; "clench a steering wheel"
- secure or fasten by flattening the ends of nails or bolts; "The girder was clinched into the wall"
- settle conclusively; "clinch a deal"
- the flattened part of a nail or bolt or rivet
Cling To
- verb - hold firmly, usually with one''s hands; "She clutched my arm when she got scared"
- hold firmly, usually with one's hands; "She clutched my arm when she got scared"
Clingier
- unknown - being more clingy
Clinging
- verb - come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation; "The dress clings to her body"; "The label stuck to the box"; "The sushi rice grains cohere"
- hold on tightly or tenaciously; "hang on to your father's hands"; "The child clung to his mother's apron"
- to remain emotionally or intellectually attached; "He clings to the idea that she might still love him."
Clinical
- adjective - relating to a clinic or conducted in or as if in a clinic and depending on direct observation of patients; "clinical observation"; "clinical case study"
- scientifically detached; unemotional; "he spoke in the clipped clinical monotones typical of police testimony"
Clinidae
- noun - viviparous blennies of temperate and tropical seas