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Towards the bottom of a hill; as, water runs downhill.

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  1. adv. Towards the bottom of a hill; as, water runs downhill.
  2. a. Declivous; descending; sloping.
  3. n. Declivity; descent; slope.
  4. adj. sloping down rather steeply
  5. n. the downward slope of a hill
  6. n. a ski race down a trail
  7. adv. toward a lower or inferior state
  8. adv. toward the bottom of a hill
  9. Towards the bottom of a hill; as, water runs downhill. Declivous; descending; sloping. "A downhill greensward." Congrewe. Declivity; descent; slope. On th' icy downhills of this slippery life. Du Bartas (Trans. ).
  10. n:17/r:53/j:30 n. the downward slope of a hill n. a ski race down a trail r. toward a lower or inferior state r. toward the bottom of a hill