climb vs lower

To scale; to get to the top of something. 

To mount; to move upwards on. 

To move to a higher position on the social ladder. 

to jump high 

Of plants, to grow upwards by clinging to something. 

To move (especially up and down something) by gripping with the hands and using the feet. 

to practise the sport of climbing 

To ascend; rise; to go up. 

To reduce the height of 

To decrease in value, amount, etc. 

To reduce operations to single machine instructions, as part of compilation of a program. 

To reduce the degree, intensity, strength, etc., of 

To bring down; to humble 

(lower oneself) To humble oneself; to do something one considers to be beneath one's dignity. 

To let descend by its own weight, as something suspended; to let down 

To depress as to direction 

to pull down 

To reduce (something) in value, amount, etc. 

To make less elevated 

To fall; to sink; to grow less; to diminish; to decrease