Climb and Lean

Climb

Climb verb - To move or extend upward.

Usage example: smoke from the cabin climbing in the still mountain air

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Lean and climb are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Lean" instead the word "Climb" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: climbed, climbing, climber

Lean noun - The degree to which something rises up from a position level with the horizon.

Usage example: the wall has enough of a lean that we can't set a bookcase against it

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Climb and lean are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Climb" instead the word "Lean" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: leaning, leaned, leanness, leant

Daniel, the protagonist, can interact with in-game objects, open and close doors, climb ladders, light candles, hold a lantern, lean around corners, walk and run.

Source: Controllable Helplessness
Regarding firing while dropped, this is (in some cases) Truth in Television; many manufacturers will not certify guns as being "drop safe", and in safety guides hunters are advised not to climb while holding loaded guns or lean guns against trees in order to avert this trope.

Source: Reliably Unreliable Guns
Finally, he decides to climb up some objects such as a tree, then his weight causes the top of the tree to lean, allowing him to grab the tree on the other side of the road, where he picked up his toy and threw it back across the street, and repeated the process to get back across.

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