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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.

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downhill

Adjective

going or sloping down

Adverb

1. towards the bottom of a hill

2. go downhill Informal to deteriorate

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	downhill - 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 declivitous, downward-sloping 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 [daunˈhɪl] adv to go downhill → ir cuesta abajo; [business] → estar en declive

downhill [ˈdaunˈhɪl] down adv [face, look] → en aval, vers l'aval; [roll, go] → vers le bas, en bas

n (Ski) (also: downhill race) → descente f;

to go downhill → descendre; [business] → péricliter, aller à vau-l'eau

downhill [ˈdaunˈhɪl] down adv → bergab

n (Ski) (also: downhill race) → Abfahrtslauf m;

to go downhill (road) → bergab führen;

(person) → hinuntergehen, heruntergehen;

(car) → hinunterfahren, herunterfahren (fig); auf dem absteigenden Ast sein

Downing Street

Downing Street ist die Straße in London, die von Whitehall zum St James Park führt und in der sich der offizielle Wohnsitz des Premierministers (Nr.10) und des Finanzministers (Nr. 11) befindet. Im weiteren Sinne bezieht sich der Begriff Downing Street auf die britische Regierung.

downhill [ˈdaunˈhɪl] adv → verso il basso

n (SKI) (also: downhill race) → discesa libera;

to go downhill → andare in discesa; [business] → andare a rotoli