To reach or bring to a climax (in any sense).
A rhetorical device in which a series is arranged in ascending order.
The final term of a rhetorical climax.
The culmination of sexual pleasure, an orgasm.
A culmination or acme: the last term in an ascending series
The culmination of a narrative's rising action, the turning point.
The culmination of ecological development, whereby species are in equilibrium with their environment.
To become detached or to drop from.
To diminish in size, value, etc.
To fall into sin; stray.
To change the direction of the sail so as to point in a direction that is more down wind; to bring the bow leeward.