About The Word Downhill

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Downhill

Downhill Meaning & Definition
Downhill Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Downhill?

[n] a ski race down a trail
[n] the downward slope of a hill
[adv] toward the bottom of a hill; "running downhill, he gained a lot of speed"
[adv] toward a lower or inferior state; "your performance has been going downhill for a long time now"
[adj] sloping down rather steeply

Synonyms | Synonyms for Downhill: declivitous | descending(a) | downward-sloping

Related Terms | Find terms related to Downhill: adown | aslant | aslantwise | aslope | at a slant | atilt | below | collapsing | deciduous | decline | declined | declining | declivate | declivitous | declivity | declivous | decurrent | descendant | descending | descent | dip | dipping | down | down south | downcoming | downfalling | downgate | downgoing | downgrade | downline | down-reaching | downright | downsinking | downstairs | downstream | downstreet | downtown | downward | downwards | downwith | drooping | drop | dropping | fall | falling | falling-off | hang | hanging | off plumb | on the descendant | on the downgrade | plummeting | plunging | rakingly | sagging | setting | sinking | slantingly | slantways | slantwise | slaunchways | slopeways | slopingly | submerging | subsiding | tipsily | tottering | tumbledown | upgrade | uphill

See Also | declension | declination | decline | declivity | descent | downslope | fall | ski race | skiing race

Downhill In Webster's Dictionary

\Down"hill`\, adv. Towards the bottom of a hill; as, water runs downhill.
\Down"hill`\, a. Declivous; descending; sloping. ``A downhill greensward.'' --Congrewe.
\Down"hill`\, n. Declivity; descent; slope. On th' icy downhills of this slippery life. --Du Bartas (Trans. ).

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