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• clam´ber|er — clam|ber «KLAM buhr», verb, noun. –v.i., v.t. 1. to climb, using both hands and feet; climb awkwardly or with difficulty; scramble: »The boys clambered up the cliff. The men who had fallen were trying to clamber up along bent steel pipes and… …   Useful english dictionary

• clam|ber — «KLAM buhr», verb, noun. –v.i., v.t. 1. to climb, using both hands and feet; climb awkwardly or with difficulty; scramble: »The boys clambered up the cliff. The men who had fallen were trying to clamber up along bent steel pipes and broken… …   Useful english dictionary

• clam — clam·a·roo; clam·a·to·res; clam·a·to·ri·al; clam·ber·er; clam; clam·e·hew·it; clam·jam·fry; clam·mer·some; clam·mi·ly; clam·mi·ness; clam·my; clam·or·ous; clam·or·ous·ly; clam·or·ous·ness; clam·our·some; de·clam·a·to·ry; dis·clam·a·to·ry;… …   English syllables

• ber — cy·ber; cy·ber·cafe; cy·ber·citizen; cy·ber·culture; cy·ber·nat·ed; cy·ber·na·tion; cy·ber·naut; cy·ber·porn; cy·ber·punk; cy·ber·sex; cy·ber·space; cy·ber·speak; cy·ber·surfer; fi·ber·scope; lib·ber; ok·to·ber·fest; sa·ber·met·rics; zeit·ge·ber; …   English syllables

• clamber — clam·ber …   English syllables

• clamberer — clam·ber·er …   English syllables

• clamber — clam•ber [[t]ˈklæm bər, ˈklæm ər[/t]] v. t. v. i. 1) to climb, using both feet and hands; climb with effort or difficulty 2) an act or instance of clambering • Etymology: 1325–75; ME clambren, freq. formation akin to climb; see er VI clam′ber•er …   From formal English to slang

• clamber — clam|ber [ˈklæmbə US ər] v [I always + adverb/preposition] [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: Perhaps from clamb, old past tense of climb] to climb or move slowly somewhere, using your hands and feet because it is difficult or steep clamber over/across… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• clamber — clam|ber [ klæmbər ] verb intransitive clamber up/over/into etc. to climb something with difficulty, using your hands and feet: I clambered up the ladder into the hay loft …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• Clamber — Clam ber, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Clambered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Clambering}.] [OE clambren, clameren, to heap together, climb; akin to Icel. klambra to clamp, G. klammern. Cf. {Clamp}, {Climb}.] To climb with difficulty, or with hands and feet; also… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English