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CLAMBER [klam-ber, klam-er]

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Main Entry:	clamber [klam-ber, klam-er] Show IPA/ˈklæmbər, ˈklæmər/ Show Spelled
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	mount
Synonyms:	climb, scale, scramble

Main Entry:	crawl
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	move very slowly
Synonyms:	clamber, creep, drag, drag oneself along, go on all fours, go on belly, grovel, hang back, inch, lag, loiter along, lollygag, move at snail's pace, move on hands and knees, plod, poke, pull oneself along, scrabble, slide, slither, squirm, worm, wriggle, writhe

Main Entry:	ramble
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	wander about; travel aimlessly
Synonyms:	amble, bat around, be all over the map, branch off, clamber, climb, cruise, depart, digress, divagate, diverge, drift, excurse, extend, fork, gad, gallivant, get sidetracked, knock about, knock around, meander, perambulate, percolate, peregrinate, promenade, range, roam, rove, saunter, scramble, snake, sprangle, sprawl, spread, spread-eagle, straddle, straggle, stray, stroll, trail, traipse, turn, twist, walk, wind, zigzag
Antonyms:	be direct, stay

Example Sentences

Indomitable ambition impels him to clamber up over the hopes and bodies of his fellow-workers.

He has proved before that he can clamber back out of a hole.

Their children, stunted and ginger-haired from malnutrition, clamber in the trees.

Indomitable ambition impels him to clamber up over the hopes and bodies of his fellow-workers.

He has proved before that he can clamber back out of a hole.

Their children, stunted and ginger-haired from malnutrition, clamber in the trees.

It emerged from foliage on the side of an impossibly steep cliff and proceeded to clamber up the slope without much difficulty.

After-images of travesties that clamber into my brain and breed.

They run to and from him and clamber through the manicured garden.

These changes have allowed more marginal homebuyers to clamber on to the housing ladder.

Several endemic species of geckos clamber over the rocks.

Then they had to step over a sliver of lapping water and clamber over the side of the gently rocking tug.

To clamber up the pecking order, some people slave away nights and weekends at the office.

We clamber up to it in the afternoon light and each pick an alcove to bunk down in.

Ong carried him to the lake and let him clamber back in.

Their bicycles carry industrial-size grab-nets, rice sacks and white plastic buckets in which crabs clamber slowly.

When startled, chimpanzees clamber from trees and race off across the ground.

He strives and strives to clamber up an inclined plane, and each time slips down.

And everyone trying to clamber on board the govt gravy train.

And they were all able to clamber up on to the island.

When the show was over, the audience was invited to clamber down from the bleachers for a quick tutorial.

Too many people are forced to flee persecution or abject poverty, risking life and limb to clamber across borders.

Its troubled characters may clamber into coffins, ogle chickens and play with.

Smith desperately trying to clamber up its slope to regain his outraged spouse.

Still, he was able to surface on his own and clamber aboard his fishing boat.

Then, at a command, the visitors clamber out again cleansed.

Three sailors from the ship clamber up the poles and fly through the air from pole to pole.

Rosalind would push her daughter on the yellow and red swings or watch her clamber in the miniature playhouse constructed of logs.

Giant coucals clamber away, and keelback snakes slither up into tree branches at my.

Even when it's hot and they have plenty of space, they prefer to clamber on top of each other and huddle together”.

Hogarth learned to crawl and walk and clamber on sloping floors and crooked stairs.

It has become a playground for children visiting the biennale, who clamber over it and play with toy cars.

Main Entry:	scale
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	ascend, climb
Synonyms:	clamber, escalade, escalate, go up, mount, surmount
Notes:	octave is the distance covered by any eight notes of a scale; a scale is a series of eight notes played in alphabetical order
Antonyms:	descend

Main Entry:	scramble
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	race; get into position clumsily
Synonyms:	clamber, climb, contend, crawl, hasten, jockey for position, jostle, look alive, make haste, move, push, run, rush, scrabble, scurry, scuttle, strive, struggle, swarm, trek, vie

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