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uphilladverb /ʌpˈhɪl /Towards the top of a hill or slope: follow the track uphill...- But if you head uphill a few yards towards the old town, there are a dozen buildings all with rooftop restaurants giving breathtaking views over the bay.
- Another bulldozed track now runs uphill west to the summit of the cliff.
- Towards the end as we retraced our steps uphill a second time I was wondering if I'd make it.
adjective /ˈʌphɪl /1Sloping upwards: the journey is slightly uphill...- The collective wisdom of cyclists is that the wind is always against you and that uphill slopes inexplicably outnumber downhill ones.
- The Air America pilot who came to check out the airstrip gave it his OK despite a dip in the middle and an uphill slope to the whole strip.
- On one side there was a gentle uphill slope that permitted shots out to about 250 yards.
Synonyms upward, rising, ascending, climbing, mounting rare acclivitous, upsloping 1.1Requiring great effort; difficult: an uphill struggle to gain worldwide recognition...- But, for all their efforts, Ireland now face an uphill struggle and the probability is that the fates will not be on their side.
- Have you ever noticed that institutional buildings face a huge uphill struggle to be welcoming, no matter how hard they try to soften their hard edges?
- Obviously it's an uphill struggle, but what this area now has in terms of prosperity is thanks to a Labour Government.
Synonyms arduous, difficult, hard, tough, taxing, demanding, exacting, stiff, formidable, heavy, exhausting, tiring, wearying, wearisome, fatiguing, laborious, gruelling, back-breaking, murderous, punishing, burdensome, onerous, Herculean informal no picnic, killing British informal knackering archaic toilsome noun /ˈʌphɪl /An upward slope: he gave mountain biking clinics on handling steep uphills...- Incredibly strong winds, and countless steep grades, and uphills, and the strain of a heavy trailer, and a worn differential made for low traveling speed.
- An advanced skater only uses a side-to-side arm swing for short sprints at a race starting line or for steep uphills.
- The trails should provide a skiing flow so there aren't too many long uphills or sharp turns at the bottom of steep downhills.
Rhymesbill, Brazil, brill, Camille, chill, cookchill, dill, distil (US distill), downhill, drill, Edgehill, Estoril, fill, freewill, frill, fulfil (US fulfill), Gill, goodwill, grill, grille, hill, ill, instil, kill, krill, mil, mill, nil, Phil, pill, quadrille, quill, rill, Seville, shill, shrill, sill, skill, spadille, spill, squill, still, stock-still, swill, thill, thrill, till, trill, twill, until, will |