Hypertext Webster Gateway: "downhill"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Downhill \Down"hill`\, adv.
Towards the bottom of a hill; as, water runs downhill.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Downhill \Down"hill`\, a.
Declivous; descending; sloping. ``A downhill greensward.''
--Congrewe.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Downhill \Down"hill`\, n.
Declivity; descent; slope.
On th' icy downhills of this slippery life. --Du Bartas
(Trans. ).
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
downhill
adj : sloping down rather steeply [syn: {declivitous}, {downward-sloping}]
n 1: the downward slope of a hill
2: a ski race down a trail
adv 1: toward a lower or inferior state; "your performance has been
going downhill for a long time now"
2: toward the bottom of a hill; "running downhill, he gained a
lot of speed"
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