uphill

uphill
[[t]ʌ̱phɪ̱l[/t]]
1) ADV: ADV after v, be ADV, ADV from n If something or someone is uphill or is moving uphill, they are near the top of a hill or are going up a slope.

He had been running uphill a long way...

The man was no more than ten yards away and slightly uphill.

...trees that ran in a ragged line uphill from the ledge.

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ADJ: usu ADJ n
Uphill is also an adjective.

...a long, uphill journey... The walk from the village to Greystones was uphill all the way.

2) ADJ: ADJ n If you refer to something as an uphill struggle or an uphill battle, you mean that it requires a great deal of effort and determination, but it should be possible to achieve it.

It had been an uphill struggle to achieve what she had wanted...

It's an uphill battle but I think we're going to win.


English dictionary. 2008.

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  • Uphill — Up hill , a. 1. Ascending; going up; as, an uphill road. [1913 Webster] 2. Attended with labor; difficult; as, uphill work. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Uphill — Up*hill , adv. Upwards on, or as on, a hillside; as, to walk uphill. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • uphill — [adj1] going up acclivous, ascending, climbing, mounting, rising, skyward, sloping upward, toward summit, up, uprising; concept 581 Ant. downhill uphill [adj2] difficult, laborious arduous, effortful, exhausting, grueling, hard, labored, operose …   New thesaurus

  • uphill — ► ADVERB ▪ towards the top of a slope. ► ADJECTIVE 1) sloping upwards. 2) difficult: an uphill struggle. ► NOUN ▪ an upward slope …   English terms dictionary

  • uphill — index operose Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • uphill — (adj.) 1610s, from UP (Cf. up) + HILL (Cf. hill) …   Etymology dictionary

  • uphill — [up′hil′] adv. 1. toward the top of a hill or incline; upward 2. with difficulty; laboriously adj. 1. going or sloping up; rising 2. calling for prolonged effort; laborious 3. located on high ground n. a sloping rise or ascent …   English World dictionary

  • Uphill — infobox UK place country = England latitude= 51.323103 longitude= 2.977295 official name= Uphill civil parish= population = unitary england=North Somerset lieutenancy england= Somerset region= South West England constituency westminster= Weston… …   Wikipedia

  • Uphill — This intriguing name is of Anglo Saxon origin, and may be either a locational or a topographical surname. As a locational name, Uphill derives from the place so called in Somerset (now Avon) near Weston Super Mare; the placename is recorded as… …   Surnames reference

  • uphill — adv., adj. /up hil /; n. /up hil /, adv. 1. up or as if up the slope of a hill or other incline; upward: The soldiers marched uphill. Water does not run uphill without assistance. adj. 2. going or tending upward on or as if on a hill: an uphill… …   Universalium

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