Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

clambering

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.19 in modern English

Syllables: clam-ber-ing
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of clamber

noun

The act of one who clambers.

adj

Example Sentences

"It was his hope that he should find something of archaeologic compensation for his clamberings. He found Noah's Ark."
"Its hills of smiling green swelled gently one above another, crowned with lofty trees of luxuriant growth; some pointing their tapering foliage towards the clouds, which were gloriously transparent; and others loaded with a verdant burthen of clambering vines, bowing their branches to the earth, that was covered with flowers."
"The panes are ruddy through the clambering vines And blushing leaves, that Summer intertwines In warmer tints than e'er luxuriant Spring, O'er flower-embosom'd roof led wandering."

Inflected Forms

clamberings (plural) more clambering (comparative) most clambering (superlative)

Questions

What does clambering mean?: present participle and gerund of clamber

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