Hypertext Webster Gateway: "uphill"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Uphill \Up*hill"\, adv.
Upwards on, or as on, a hillside; as, to walk uphill.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Uphill \Up"hill`\, a.
1. Ascending; going up; as, an uphill road.
2. Attended with labor; difficult; as, uphill work.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
uphill
adj 1: sloping upward [syn: {acclivitous}, {rising}]
2: hard to overcome or surmount; "a stiff hike"; "a stiff
exam"; "an uphill battle against a popular incumbant"
[syn: {stiff}]
n : the upward slope of a hill
adv 1: against difficulties; "she was talking uphill"
2: upward on a hill or incline; "this street lay uphill"
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