downhill
IPA: dˈaʊnhˈɪɫ
noun
- (uncountable) The fastest of the disciplines of alpine skiing.
- (countable) A rapid descent of a hill in related sports, especially in alpine skiing.
- A coastal village and beach (Downhill Strand) in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
- A hamlet in St Eval parish, Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW8669).
- A northern suburb of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ3559).
verb
- To take part in downhill skiing.
adjective
- Located down a slope or hill.
- Going down a slope or a hill.
- (by extension) Easy.
adverb
- Down a slope.
- (by extension) Deteriorating, getting worse.
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Examples of "downhill" in Sentences
- The school is going downhill, and downhill fast.
- He surprisingly went to the top in the downhill race.
- Things begin to go downhill for the penniless Xingxing.
- Crash survivor heard brakes screech as bus sped downhill.
- I'm not going to compete in downhill skiing or ice dancing.
- As I say, it all went downhill from the Edwardians. jt Says:
- The article states that the increment direction goes downhill.
- A strenuous downhill hike then ends at the bottom of the waterfall.
- In the summers, Del Bosco competed in downhill mountain bike races.
- Vonn won a gold in downhill and bronze in super-G at these Olympics.
- The penstock feeds the water downhill to the power station's turbines.
- All the sewage from the new buildings drained downhill, into the Gowanus.
- A unique feature was the uphill backstretch and the downhill frontstretch.
- On steep terrains falling trees can slide downhill and become irretrievable.
- But he made one mistake just before a big jump, and one mistake in downhill is all it takes.
- • His fourth-place finish in the downhill is the only time this season Miller hasn't reached the podium in a race that he finished.
- On inclined roofs the efflorescence stain may occur downhill from the source of the leak on the roof and not directly above the stain.
- Triple 2010 Olympic medalist Miller missed the World Cup finals with an ankle injury and finished 20th overall, 17th in downhill, 18th in super-G and fifth in super-combined.
- At the 2006 Olympics, when Vonn, then 21, crashed in downhill training and failed to win a medal while racing through the pain in her back and hip, she still had some baby fat.
- Other than that, the U.S. men have gotten off to a desultory start, with only diminutive 5-6 downhiller Andy Weibrecht, 23, distinguishing himself with 12th-place finishes last weekend in downhill and super-G.
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