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Uphill

//ˈʌphɪl// adj, adv, name, noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Located up a slope or on a hill.
  2. 2
    Going up a slope or a hill.

    "“There’s a lot of uphill about a bicycle tour,” said he, “and the wind is against you.” “So there is downhill, and the wind behind you,” said Harris."

  3. 3
    Difficult or laborious. broadly

    "For a large part of this game, England once again looked like a team suffering from the rigours of a long season and faced an uphill task when Hofmann put Germany in front."

Adjective
  1. 1
    sloping upward wordnet
Adverb
  1. 1
    Up a slope, towards higher ground.
  2. 2
    With difficulty. broadly
Adverb
  1. 1
    upward on a hill or incline wordnet
  2. 2
    against difficulties wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A suburban village in Weston-super-Mare parish, North Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST3158).
  2. 2
    A community in Dalton Township, Ontario, Canada.
  3. 3
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    An uphill route.
  2. 2
    the upward slope of a hill wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To travel uphill.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From up + hill.

Etymology 2

From up + hill.

Etymology 3

From up + hill.

Etymology 4

From up + hill.

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