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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. the downward slope of a hill;

2. a ski race down a trail;


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. sloping down rather steeply;
[syn: declivitous, downhill, downward-sloping]


ADVERB (2)

1. toward a lower or inferior state;
- Example: "your performance has been going downhill for a long time now"

2. toward the bottom of a hill;
- Example: "running downhill, he gained a lot of speed"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Downhill \Down"hill`\, adv.
   Towards the bottom of a hill; as, water runs downhill.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Downhill \Down"hill`\, a.
   Declivous; descending; sloping. "A downhill greensward."
   --Congrewe.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Downhill \Down"hill`\, n.
   Declivity; descent; slope.
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         On th' icy downhills of this slippery life. --Du Bartas
                                                  (Trans. ).
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

downhill
    adv 1: toward a lower or inferior state; "your performance has
           been going downhill for a long time now"
    2: toward the bottom of a hill; "running downhill, he gained a
       lot of speed"
    adj 1: sloping down rather steeply [syn: declivitous,
           downhill, downward-sloping]
    n 1: the downward slope of a hill
    2: a ski race down a trail