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• n  an event that involves rising to a higher point (as in altitude or temperature or intensity etc.)
• v  go upward with gradual or continuous progress
• v  move with difficulty, by grasping
• v  go up or advance
  Sales were climbing after prices were lowered
• v  slope upward
• v  improve one's social status
• v  increase in value or to a higher point

• climb
• mounting
• climb up
• mount
• go up
• wax
• rise

• wane

News & Articles

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• Idaho climbing struggles to compete — Team finishes season with disappointing fifth-place finish during 2013 NC3 circuit
  While the academic year is coming to an end, bringing with it finals and the end to the sports seasons, another less conventional Idaho team has also finished its season of competition. The Idaho climbing ...
  June 12, 2013 - The Argonaut
• Boston Beer Co. (SAM) Is Climbing Following Upgrade
  Boston Beer Co. (SAM) Is Climbing Following Upgrade
  June 12, 2013 - Nasdaq
• Climbing Sequoias for Climate Change
  Watch Climbing Sequoias for Climate Change video online. News and opinion video from The NYTimes including breaking news, investigative reporting, national and international coverage. Style and celebrity video.
  June 6, 2013 - New York Times

Quotes

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• Terry Francona in ESPN
  Hopefully, there'll be time when we can sit back and think 'This is what got us over the hump,'Red Sox manager Terry Francona said. "But we're still climbing."
• Stan Van Gundy in New York Times
  I still look at it like we're climbing a huge mountain here,Orlando Coach Stan Van Gundy said. "But we're playing better."
• Ann Curry in USA Today
  This is like climbing a Stairmaster for six hours a day with 20 pounds on your back,Curry said in a telephone interview from her tent following Saturday's climb.