Clumb
//klʌm// verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 simple past of climb. dialectal, form-of, past
"It was a drift-canoe sure enough, and I clumb in and paddled her ashore."
- 2 alternative past participle of climb. alternative, form-of, participle, past
Example
More examples"It was a drift-canoe sure enough, and I clumb in and paddled her ashore."
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Middle English clumben, from Middle English clumbon (“climbed”), plural past tense of climban (“to climb”). More at climb, clomb.
Etymology 2
From Middle English clumben, yclumben, from Middle English ġeclumben (“climbed”), past participle of climban (“to climb”).
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