Clumb

//klʌm// verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 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. 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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