Meaning

Up a slope, towards higher ground..

Definitions by Sense

1. Up a slope, towards higher ground.
2. (by extension) With difficulty.
3. Located up a slope or on a hill.
4. Going up a slope or a hill.
5. (by extension) Difficult or laborious.
6. An uphill route.
7. (skiing, snowboarding) To travel uphill.

Example Sentences

“There’s a lot of uphill about a bicycle tour,” said he, “and the wind is against you.” “So there is downhill, and the wind behind you,” said Harris.

The engine seemed a little sensitive to wet rails, and in consequence the uphill work was not so good north of Dundee as it had been earlier. But I have noted this same "touchiness" on the part of the "A4s", and other modern British 4-6-2s, so that in this respect No. 2006 proved no exception.

For a large part of this game, England once again looked like a team suffering from the rigours of a long season and faced an uphill task when Hofmann put Germany in front.

Word Forms

• further uphill
• farther uphill
• furthest uphill
• farthest uphill
• uphills
• uphilling
• uphilled

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Use uphill when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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