Climb : go or come up a (slope or staircase); ascend. Float : move or hover slowly and lightly in a liquid or the air; drift. Sink : go down below the surface of something, especially of a liquid; become submerged. Drown : die through submersion in and inhalation of water. Waft : (with reference to a scent, sound, etc.) pass or cause to pass gently through the air; float.