Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adverb Down the slope of a hill.
- adverb Toward a lower or worse condition.
- adjective Sloping downward; descending.
- adjective Sports Of, relating to, or constituting skiing down a slope.
- adjective Marked by deterioration or worsening performance; worse.
- adjective Involving fewer challenges or less difficulty than before; easier.
- noun A downhill skiing race on a course without slalom gates.
- noun A downward gradient; a descending slope.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Sloping downward; descending; declining.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb Towards the bottom of a hill.
- adjective Declivous; descending; sloping.
- noun Declivity; descent; slope.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb Down a
slope - adjective
located down aslope orhill - adjective
going down a slope or a hill - adjective by extension
easy - adjective by extension
deteriorating , gettingworse - noun uncountable The fastest of the
disciplines ofalpine skiing - noun countable A rapid descent of a hill in related sports, especially in
alpine skiing
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb toward a lower or inferior state
- noun a ski race down a trail
- adverb toward the bottom of a hill
- adjective sloping down rather steeply
- noun the downward slope of a hill
Etymologies
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Examples
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But he made one mistake just before a big jump, and one mistake in downhill is all it takes.
USATODAY.com - Rahlves a downhill demon looking to make his own name 2006
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• His fourth-place finish in the downhill is the only time this season Miller hasn't reached the podium in a race that he finished.
USATODAY.com - Miller takes weekly honors with fifth, sixth wins 2004
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Vonn won a gold in downhill and bronze in super-G at these Olympics.
Lindsey Vonn will race slalom Friday, U.S. ski team says 2010
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Other than that, the U.S. men have gotten off to a desultory start, with only diminutive 5-6 downhiller Andy Weibrecht, 23, distinguishing himself with 12th-place finishes last weekend in downhill and super-G.
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I'm not going to compete in downhill skiing or ice dancing.
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Triple 2010 Olympic medalist Miller missed the World Cup finals with an ankle injury and finished 20th overall, 17th in downhill, 18th in super-G and fifth in super-combined.
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As I say, it all went downhill from the Edwardians. jt Says:
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In the summers, Del Bosco competed in downhill mountain bike races.
For ski cross racer Del Bosco, new sport offered a fresh start 2010
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At the 2006 Olympics, when Vonn, then 21, crashed in downhill training and failed to win a medal while racing through the pain in her back and hip, she still had some baby fat.
Lindsey Vonn's injury tempers huge Olympics expectations 2010
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On inclined roofs the efflorescence stain may occur downhill from the source of the leak on the roof and not directly above the stain.
oroboros commented on the word downhill
"Things are really going downhill now, yikes!"
"At last, it's all downhill now!"
August 28, 2009
alexz commented on the word downhill
mountain biking - down hill riding which has steep terrain and large drops
January 12, 2013