CLIMB DOWN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does climb down mean? 

• CLIMB DOWN (verb)
  The verb CLIMB DOWN has 1 sense:

1. come down

  Familiarity information: CLIMB DOWN used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CLIMB DOWN (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Come down

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

alight; climb down

Context example:

the birds alighted

Hypernyms (to "climb down" is one way to...):

come down; descend; fall; go down (move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

 Context examples 

But the Scarecrow said, "We cannot fly, that is certain. Neither can we climb down into this great ditch. Therefore, if we cannot jump over it, we must stop where we are."

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

We have satisfied ourselves that we cannot climb down and that there is no tunnel.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The sides were so steep that none of them could climb down, and for a moment it seemed that their journey must end.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

I was so shocked at the sudden and strange appearance of this ape-man that I hesitated whether I should not climb down again and tell my experience to my companions.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)