Thesaurus: downhill
Towards the bottom of a hill; as, water runs downhill.
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Definitions
- adv. Towards the bottom of a hill; as, water runs downhill.
- a. Declivous; descending; sloping.
- n. Declivity; descent; slope.
- adj. sloping down rather steeply
- n. the downward slope of a hill
- n. a ski race down a trail
- adv. toward a lower or inferior state
- adv. toward the bottom of a hill
- 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. ).
- 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