uphill
IPA: ˈʌphˈɪɫ
noun
- An uphill route.
- A suburban village in Weston-super-Mare parish, North Somerset, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST3158).
- A community in Dalton Township, Ontario, Canada.
- A surname.
adjective
- Located up a slope or on a hill.
- Going up a slope or a hill.
- (by extension) Difficult or laborious.
adverb
- Up a slope, towards higher ground.
- (by extension) With difficulty.
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Examples of "uphill" in Sentences
- The lift slides them uphill on the surface.
- The finish of the course is slightly uphill.
- The course of the race is uphill for the first.
- The technique involves stemming the uphill ski.
- The fortress is in full sight throughout the trek uphill.
- In the dry season animals migrate to the moister areas uphill.
- The gas flows uphill, carving channels in the underlying soil.
- It is located between Uphill to the west and Norland to the east.
- Hence the many pages devoted to the uphill battles on the business end.
- A unique feature was the uphill backstretch and the downhill frontstretch.