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downhill - 5 dictionary results

down⋅hill

[adv., adj. doun-hil; n. doun-hil]
–adverb
1. down the slope of a hill; downward.
2. into a worse or inferior condition: The business has been going downhill.
–adjective
3. going or tending downward on or as on a hill.
4. free of problems or obstacles; easy: After the initial setbacks on the project, it was downhill all the way.
5. of or pertaining to skiing downhill.
–noun
6. a timed ski race on a steep slope in which competitors take the most direct route to the finish line following a course with relatively few turns and attaining very high speeds.
Compare slalom.


Origin:
1585–95; down 1 + hill
down·hill   (doun'hĭl')   
adv.  
  1. Down the slope of a hill.
  2. Toward a lower or worse condition: The alcoholic's health went downhill fast.
adj.   (doun'hĭl')
  1. Sloping downward; descending.
  2. Sports Of, relating to, or constituting skiing down a slope: a downhill racer.
n.  
  1. A downhill skiing race.
  2. A downward gradient; a descending slope.

Downhill

Down"hill`\, adv. Towards the bottom of a hill; as, water runs downhill.

Downhill

Down"hill`\, a. Declivous; descending; sloping. "A downhill greensward." --Congrewe.

Downhill

Down"hill`\, n. Declivity; descent; slope.

On th' icy downhills of this slippery life. --Du Bartas (Trans. ).
Language Translation for : downhill
Spanish: cuesta abajo,
German: bergab,
Japanese: 下って
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