MEANING
To climb using hands and feet with visible effort.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- clamber over rocks
- clamber aboard
On the page
They clambered over the fallen masonry.
Nearby words
Word forms
- Base
- clamber
- Past tense
- clambered
- Past participle
- clambered
- Present participle
- clambering
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- clamber
- Present continuous
- am/is/are clambering
- Present perfect
- have/has clambered
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been clambering
- Past
- clambered
- Past continuous
- was/were clambering
- Past perfect
- had clambered
- Past perfect continuous
- had been clambering
- Future
- will clamber
- Future continuous
- will be clambering
- Future perfect
- will have clambered
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been clambering
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: clamber; clambers; clambered; clambered; clambering Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description, character, dialogue. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: clambers.
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