downhill (redirected from downhills)

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

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 [ˈdaʊnˈhɪl]

A. ADV → cuesta 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. ADJ → en 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 n → descente 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