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| Main Entry: |
clamber
 [klam-ber, klam-er] 
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| 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
- Several endemic species of geckos clamber over the rocks.
- Their children, stunted and ginger-haired from malnutrition, clamber in the trees.
- When startled, chimpanzees clamber from trees and race off across the ground.
| 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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