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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 — [[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… … English dictionary
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
