downhill
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1.4
- noun
- /ˈdaʊnˌhɪl/
:
pendiente
- As first light crept across the sky, lumps of white shone nearly luminescent on the downhill slope.
- a short downhill
But I find, like, men walking downhills make me like footless.
- But I find, like, men walking downhills make me like footless.
Examples
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All downhill from here, down to the floodplain.
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Just a little more of this, then easy downhill going.
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After that, it was all a big long journey downhill.
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So then it's basically a downhill slope from there.
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Julie walked the downhill road toward town and the river beyond.
Fiction book (2001) -
Use the brakes to slow the car on long downhill runs, not the transmission.
Blog text (3) -
I started walking, and found I was on a downhill slope, not really steep.
Fiction book (1991) -
"I went past the barn and on to the downhill track to the field," Denny said.
Fiction book (1993) -
Now, smiling to myself, I watched the grouse sail downhill and into the safety of a stand of white pine.
Fiction book (1993) -
The children laughed as they raced down the downhill path on their bikes.
Synonyms
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1.4
A part of land that goes up or down like the side of a hill
89
3.7
A movement down from a higher place to a lower place or a slope that goes down
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4.2
A slope on a road or railway that goes down
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3.5
A downward slope in the ground or surface
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3.7
The part of a hill that slopes down to a lower level
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9.6
A slope that goes down like the side of a hill
A slope or small hill that goes down
Antonyms
Idioms
How Steep
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Downhill is made of down ('toward a lower place') and hill ('a raised area of land'), so the downhill is the part of a hill that goes down—the slope you travel on to reach the bottom.