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clamber
What does clamber mean?
clamber (verb): to climb (something) with some difficulty, or in a haphazard fashion.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use clamber in a sentence?
- The children clambered over the jungle gym. (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0)
How do you pronounce clamber?
/ˈklæmbɚ/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
What are synonyms of clamber?
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “clamber” mean?
to climb (something) with some difficulty, or in a haphazard fashion
Right! That's what “clamber” means.
to wander, as from a direct course; to deviate, or go out of the way
Not quite: that's what stray means.
to exert an overwhelming guiding influence over something or someone
Not quite: that's what dominate means.
alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard
Not quite: that's what adjust means.
Which word is closest in meaning to “clamber”?
scramble
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advocate
Not quite: advocate means something else.
compound
Not quite: compound means something else.
collapse
Not quite: collapse means something else.
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