downhill
adverb
- toward the bottom of a hill
- to a poorer condition, status, etc.
adjective
- sloping or going downward
- without difficulty; easy
- of or having to do with skiing downhill or, specif., the downhill ()
noun
- Obsolete descent (sense )
- Skiing a timed downhill race on a very long, steep course with wide gates
See downhill in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(dounˈhĭlˈ)
adverb- Down the slope of a hill.
- Toward a lower or worse condition: The alcoholic's health went downhill fast.
adjective (dounˈhĭlˌ)- Sloping downward; descending.
- Sports Of, relating to, or constituting skiing down a slope: a downhill racer.
noun- A downhill skiing race.
- A downward gradient; a descending slope.
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