Downhill
[daʊn'hɪl] or [,daʊn'hɪl]
Definition
(noun.) a ski race down a trail.
(noun.) the downward slope of a hill.
(adv.) toward the bottom of a hill; 'running downhill, he gained a lot of speed'.
(adv.) toward a lower or inferior state; 'your performance has been going downhill for a long time now'.
Edited by Edith--From WordNet
Definition
(adv.) Towards the bottom of a hill; as, water runs downhill.
(a.) Declivous; descending; sloping.
(n.) Declivity; descent; slope.
Editor: Tamara
Examples
- He lay in the mud on the side of the embankment, his feet pointing downhill, breathing blood irregularly. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Alvays see to the drag ven you go downhill. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Also, people always over-shoot downhill. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Downhill the men rather gained on me, but uphill I began to distance them. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The letter, which was scrawled in pencil uphill and downhill and round crooked corners, ran thus: 'OLD RIAH, Your accounts being all squared, go. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- From where we are going, it will all be downhill to the bridge. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- It's just downhill to the road and then follow it up. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- It is all downhill. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
Editor: Sidney