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Adjective: downhill  'dawn'hil
  1. Sloping down rather steeply
    - declivitous, downward-sloping
Noun: downhill  'dawn'hil
  1. The downward slope of a hill
     
  2. A ski race down a trail
Adverb: downhill  'dawn'hil
  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"

Derived forms: downhills

See also: descending

Type of: declension, declination, decline, declivity, descent, downslope, fall, ski race, skiing race

Encyclopedia: Downhill, County Londonderry