- ascendable
- adjective see ascend
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
ascendable
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Ascendable — As*cend a*ble, a. Capable of being ascended. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
ascendable — See ascend. * * * … Universalium
ascendable — adj. capable of being climbed or scaled … English contemporary dictionary
ascendable — adjective capable of being ascended • Syn: ↑ascendible, ↑climbable • Similar to: ↑scalable • Derivationally related forms: ↑ascend … Useful english dictionary
ascend — ascendable, ascendible, adj. /euh send /, v.i. 1. to move, climb, or go upward; mount; rise: The airplane ascended into the clouds. 2. to slant upward. 3. to rise to a higher point, rank, or degree; proceed from an inferior to a superior degree… … Universalium
ascendible — adjective capable of being ascended • Syn: ↑ascendable, ↑climbable • Similar to: ↑scalable • Derivationally related forms: ↑ascend (for: ↑ascendable) … Useful english dictionary
climbable — adjective 1. capable of being ascended • Syn: ↑ascendable, ↑ascendible • Similar to: ↑scalable • Derivationally related forms: ↑ascend (for: ↑ascendable … Useful english dictionary
ascend — verb Etymology: Middle English, from Latin ascendere, from ad + scandere to climb more at scan Date: 14th century intransitive verb 1. a. to move upward < the balloon ascended > b. to slope upward … New Collegiate Dictionary
Clean climbing — is a rock climbing term that describes techniques and equipment which climbers use in order to avoid damage to the rock. These techniques date at least in part from the 1920s and earlier in England, but the term itself may have emerged in about… … Wikipedia
ascendible — See ascendable. * * * … Universalium
