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downhill

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down·hill  (dounhl)
adv.
1. Down the slope of a hill.
2. Toward a lower or worse condition: The alcoholic's health went downhill fast.
adj. (dounhl)
1. Sloping downward; descending.
2. Sports Of, relating to, or constituting skiing down a slope: a downhill racer.
n.
1. A downhill skiing race.
2. A downward gradient; a descending slope.

downhill [ˈdaʊnˈhɪl]
adj
going or sloping down
adv
1. towards the bottom of a hill; downwards
go downhill Informal to decline; deteriorate
n
1. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) the downward slope of a hill; descent
2. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Skiing) a competitive event in which skiers are timed in a downhill run
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.downhilldownhill - the downward slope of a hill        
declivity, downslope, declination, declension, fall, decline, descent - a downward slope or bend
2.downhill - a ski race down a trail
ski race, skiing race - a race between people wearing skis
Adj.1.downhill - sloping down rather steeply
descending - coming down or downward
Adv.1.downhill - toward a lower or inferior state; "your performance has been going downhill for a long time now"
2.downhill - toward the bottom of a hill; "running downhill, he gained a lot of speed"
Translations
downhill [ˈdaʊnˈhɪl]
A. ADVcuesta abajo
to go downhill [road] → bajar; [car] → ir cuesta abajo (fig) [person] → ir cuesta abajo; [industry] → estar en declive, estar de capa caída; [company] → ir de mal en peor
B. ADJen pendiente; [skiing] → de descenso
it was downhill all the way after that (fig) (= got easier) → a partir de entonces la cosa fue más fácil; (= got worse) → a partir de entonces la cosa fue de mal en peor
downhill [ˌdaʊnˈhɪl]
adv
[roll, walk] → vers le bas, en bas
to go downhill (lit)descendre (fig) (= deteriorate) [business, career, situation] → péricliter
[face, look] → en aval, vers l'aval
adj [ski run] → de descente; [skier, champion] → de descente downhill race
downhill race ndescente f
downhill [ˌdaʊnˈhɪl] adv to go downhill (road) → andare in discesa; (car) → andare giù per la discesa (fig) (person) → lasciarsi andare; (business) → andare sempre peggio
downhill race (Ski) → gara di discesa (libera)
downhill racer → discesista m/f
downhill ski → sci m inv a valle
downhill [ˌdaʊnˈhɪl] adv to go downhill (road) → andare in discesa; (car) → andare giù per la discesa (fig) (person) → lasciarsi andare; (business) → andare sempre peggio
downhill race (Ski) → gara di discesa (libera)
downhill racer → discesista m/f
downhill ski → sci m inv a valle


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But it was on the steep downhill marches, three thousand feet in three hours, that he went utterly away from Kim, whose back ached with holding back, and whose big toe was nigh cut off by his grass sandal-string.
He never forgot to put on the brake as we went downhill, nor to take it off at the right place.
She ran downhill a few yards flapping her shawl, and then she jumped off into the air.
 
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