downhill

comparative further downhill · comparative farther downhill · superlative furthest downhill · superlative farthest downhill

1. Down a slope.

   Because we got to the summit of the mountain, we could only go downhill from there.

   1 more example

   I worked my way downhill, slip sliding in the mud along a steep embankment that followed a stream until it emptied into a creek.

   2006, Michael Pollan, The Omnivore's Dilemma, The Penguin Press, →ISBN, page 388

   Synonyms: downslope · Antonyms: uphill

2. broadlySo as to deteriorate or get worse.

   After Don made those tasteless remarks, our relationship with him went downhill.

comparative further downhill · comparative farther downhill · superlative furthest downhill · superlative farthest downhill

1. Located towards or at the bottom of a slope or hill.

   Moraines are found at the downhill end of a glacier.

2. Going down a slope or a hill.

   This year's race is on a downhill course.

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   It was nearly all downhill into Shrewsbury, with two intermediate stops, and a grand sequence of long curves around which Soult nuzzled her way with a quick side-to-side action.

   1951 October, R. S. McNaught, “Lines of Approach”, in Railway Magazine, page 706

3. broadlyEasy.

   That's the hard part of the job done. From now on it's downhill all the way.

4. Characterized by a style of running with a low center of gravity.

   He's a downhill runner.

plural downhills

1. uncountableThe fastest of the disciplines of alpine skiing.
2. countableA rapid descent of a hill in related sports, especially in alpine skiing.

present singular third person downhills · participle present downhilling · participle past downhilled · past downhilled

1. To take part in downhill skiing.

1. A coastal village and beach (Downhill Strand) in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland (Irish grid ref C 7436).
2. A hamlet in St Eval parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW8669).
3. A northern suburb of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ3559).