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Definition of uphill in English: uphilladverbʌpˈhɪlˌəpˈhɪl Towards the top of a hill or slope. Example sentencesExamples - The cave slopes uphill about 12 [degrees], and the floor is littered with blocks of limestone.
- But it's more difficult - like going uphill - to analyse their behaviour and guess at their internal structure.
- 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.
- Pass through the ruins of the hall and house and continue along the main track which bears right and heads uphill to a gate and path junction.
- A few feet beyond the sign a footpath leaves the road on the right and climbs uphill through the trees.
- Towards the end as we retraced our steps uphill a second time I was wondering if I'd make it.
- Ignore the footpath but follow the lane and keep to it for about half a mile. It meanders past houses, crosses a stream and climbs uphill, bearing right then left through open country.
- The path now climbs uphill with the wall immediately on your right.
- It sloped uphill and from where they stood they could see the fiery sea of lava below.
- The farm road is now followed for about a mile and climbs uphill past farm buildings to reveal wide views of the West Pennines.
- Lost in my musing, I tripped as the path began to slope uphill toward the castle.
- While the track begins as a circuitous path uphill it soon becomes little more than sploshes of red and white paint, marking the way, across slippery mountain rocks.
- Down at the beach, benches had been uprooted and hurled 30 yards uphill.
- They near the last leg of their journey, when the slope turns forever uphill.
- Arriving at the other side, the kids strap on their backpacks and climb two more kilometres uphill to go to school.
- Another bulldozed track now runs uphill west to the summit of the cliff.
- Sisyphus was condemned to roll a rock uphill all day, every day.
- ‘The bike ride is over 4,000 metres uphill and I did not know if I'd do it before the cut off point,’ she explained.
- Most walking routes went uphill a lot and I struggled.
- Beyond the woods the path zig-zags steeply uphill and enters a pass between the east slopes of Arkle and the south west slopes of Meall Horn.
Synonyms up, upward, uphill, towards a higher level, to the top
adjectiveˈʌphɪlˈəpˌhɪl 1Sloping upwards. the journey is slightly uphill Example sentencesExamples - For ascending turns, rotate your uphill ski first.
- The men have to lug a 50 kg bag of coal and run close on a mile - 1,108-yards - on an uphill course before dropping their sacks of coal at the foot of the maypole.
- It is a loud, muddy, uphill and physically demanding exercise.
- 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.
- The accident happened last September when an ambulance taking a patient to hospital met slow uphill traffic on the road to Scarborough near East Ayton.
- The collective wisdom of cyclists is that the wind is always against you and that uphill slopes inexplicably outnumber downhill ones.
- Sighing, she sat with her back to the uphill slope, much steeper than the one she had just climbed, and considered her situation.
- On one side there was a gentle uphill slope that permitted shots out to about 250 yards.
- Car-less people with housing problems face a ride to Viau metro station and either a trip on the 132 bus, or a 10-minute, uphill walk.
- A steep, uphill climb into the Yoho Valley followed.
Synonyms upward, rising, ascending, climbing, mounting rare acclivitous, upsloping - 1.1 Requiring great effort; difficult.
an uphill struggle to gain worldwide recognition Example sentencesExamples - He says it's been an uphill battle from the start.
- 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?
- Attempts are still being made to adapt it to modern circumstances without losing its distinctive identity, but the struggle is an uphill one.
- Sanders and his team (all other team members are from other Canadian universities) have faced an uphill battle in completing their project.
- The first term has been rocky, uphill and decidedly testing.
- Obviously it's an uphill struggle, but what this area now has in terms of prosperity is thanks to a Labour Government.
- Challenging those deep-rooted views of graffiti may seem like an uphill battle when you consider that, depending on what side of the fence you sit, graffiti can either mean art or vandalism.
- Last week it was at it again, with Stuart Rose speaking of an uphill task to turn the company around, a fall in half-year profits and ‘difficult’ current trading.
- They have also begun a new book on their uphill legal battle.
- Or, if that seems too uphill a task, he could try debating the subject with the incoming leader of a key trade union, Derek Simpson of Amicus.
- But the battle against terrorism in Africa is an uphill one.
- But, for all their efforts, Ireland now face an uphill struggle and the probability is that the fates will not be on their side.
- The battle was always an uphill one, but when the votes were counted, just how tough the fight was became clear.
- And their battle to get Europe moving again, thanks to what's going on around them, may now be much less of an uphill one.
- And the White House concedes it's an uphill fight right now to get public support and to get congressional support for that initiative.
- Having witnessed these proceedings and listened carefully to what members of the committee had to say, I really do fear for the stability of the club during its tremendous uphill struggle.
- With an uphill struggle before her, Carly battled bravely in the final 1, 500m run but just missed out on GB selection with seventh place.
- As a party, we have an uphill struggle; not only to convince the electorate that we are worth voting for, but to convince our own members that it is worth staying and fighting.
- We fail to appreciate and respect the uphill struggle that so many people face courageously and cleverly every day in what should be a simple choice for survival.
- As a result, achieving any change in society is always an uphill and often thankless task.
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
nounˈʌphɪlˈəpˌhɪl An upward slope. he gave mountain biking clinics on handling steep uphills Example sentencesExamples - The race is awash with talk of how the organizers set out to make things difficult for the skiers this year, with so many uphills and technical approaches to the finish lines this year.
- Power walk all the uphills in a race, no matter how small.
- 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.
- To me it makes more sense to only control certain sections of a course where regular classical skiing techniques are the obvious way to go, such as on the 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.
- This is a long uphill, steep at times, and it was tough going for the children, though they all made it.
- An advanced skater only uses a side-to-side arm swing for short sprints at a race starting line or for steep uphills.
- He even overtook Denmark's Mickael Rasmussen, who had started out six minutes before him but had a disastrous ride on the tricky and technical route's sharp bends, fast downhills and tiring uphills.
- The terrain was the most difficult part, the downhills and uphills and the constant changing of pace.
- All the reinforced fencing, railroad ties, and flying buttresses can keep the uphill from sliding downhill for only so long.
- Don't beat up on yourself if you find you are stopping every couple of hundred yards, particularly on the uphills.
- My feet were so heavy I could barely pick them up, let alone jog along beside the sled to give the dogs a breather on the uphill.
Rhymes bill, 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 Definition of uphill in US English: uphilladverbˌəpˈhilˌəpˈhɪl In an ascending direction up a hill or slope. Example sentencesExamples - 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.
- ‘The bike ride is over 4,000 metres uphill and I did not know if I'd do it before the cut off point,’ she explained.
- The path now climbs uphill with the wall immediately on your right.
- Most walking routes went uphill a lot and I struggled.
- The farm road is now followed for about a mile and climbs uphill past farm buildings to reveal wide views of the West Pennines.
- But it's more difficult - like going uphill - to analyse their behaviour and guess at their internal structure.
- Down at the beach, benches had been uprooted and hurled 30 yards uphill.
- It sloped uphill and from where they stood they could see the fiery sea of lava below.
- Ignore the footpath but follow the lane and keep to it for about half a mile. It meanders past houses, crosses a stream and climbs uphill, bearing right then left through open country.
- Pass through the ruins of the hall and house and continue along the main track which bears right and heads uphill to a gate and path junction.
- While the track begins as a circuitous path uphill it soon becomes little more than sploshes of red and white paint, marking the way, across slippery mountain rocks.
- A few feet beyond the sign a footpath leaves the road on the right and climbs uphill through the trees.
- Beyond the woods the path zig-zags steeply uphill and enters a pass between the east slopes of Arkle and the south west slopes of Meall Horn.
- They near the last leg of their journey, when the slope turns forever uphill.
- Sisyphus was condemned to roll a rock uphill all day, every day.
- Towards the end as we retraced our steps uphill a second time I was wondering if I'd make it.
- The cave slopes uphill about 12 [degrees], and the floor is littered with blocks of limestone.
- Arriving at the other side, the kids strap on their backpacks and climb two more kilometres uphill to go to school.
- Lost in my musing, I tripped as the path began to slope uphill toward the castle.
- Another bulldozed track now runs uphill west to the summit of the cliff.
Synonyms up, upward, uphill, towards a higher level, to the top
adjectiveˈəpˌhɪlˈəpˌhil 1Sloping upward; ascending. the journey is slightly uphill Example sentencesExamples - For ascending turns, rotate your uphill ski first.
- Car-less people with housing problems face a ride to Viau metro station and either a trip on the 132 bus, or a 10-minute, uphill walk.
- The accident happened last September when an ambulance taking a patient to hospital met slow uphill traffic on the road to Scarborough near East Ayton.
- 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.
- The men have to lug a 50 kg bag of coal and run close on a mile - 1,108-yards - on an uphill course before dropping their sacks of coal at the foot of the maypole.
- A steep, uphill climb into the Yoho Valley followed.
- Sighing, she sat with her back to the uphill slope, much steeper than the one she had just climbed, and considered her situation.
- On one side there was a gentle uphill slope that permitted shots out to about 250 yards.
- It is a loud, muddy, uphill and physically demanding exercise.
- The collective wisdom of cyclists is that the wind is always against you and that uphill slopes inexplicably outnumber downhill ones.
Synonyms upward, rising, ascending, climbing, mounting - 1.1 Requiring great effort; difficult.
an uphill struggle to gain worldwide recognition Example sentencesExamples - Challenging those deep-rooted views of graffiti may seem like an uphill battle when you consider that, depending on what side of the fence you sit, graffiti can either mean art or vandalism.
- Attempts are still being made to adapt it to modern circumstances without losing its distinctive identity, but the struggle is an uphill one.
- Last week it was at it again, with Stuart Rose speaking of an uphill task to turn the company around, a fall in half-year profits and ‘difficult’ current trading.
- 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?
- As a party, we have an uphill struggle; not only to convince the electorate that we are worth voting for, but to convince our own members that it is worth staying and fighting.
- But, for all their efforts, Ireland now face an uphill struggle and the probability is that the fates will not be on their side.
- Obviously it's an uphill struggle, but what this area now has in terms of prosperity is thanks to a Labour Government.
- With an uphill struggle before her, Carly battled bravely in the final 1, 500m run but just missed out on GB selection with seventh place.
- We fail to appreciate and respect the uphill struggle that so many people face courageously and cleverly every day in what should be a simple choice for survival.
- And their battle to get Europe moving again, thanks to what's going on around them, may now be much less of an uphill one.
- Having witnessed these proceedings and listened carefully to what members of the committee had to say, I really do fear for the stability of the club during its tremendous uphill struggle.
- He says it's been an uphill battle from the start.
- The battle was always an uphill one, but when the votes were counted, just how tough the fight was became clear.
- Sanders and his team (all other team members are from other Canadian universities) have faced an uphill battle in completing their project.
- They have also begun a new book on their uphill legal battle.
- As a result, achieving any change in society is always an uphill and often thankless task.
- And the White House concedes it's an uphill fight right now to get public support and to get congressional support for that initiative.
- Or, if that seems too uphill a task, he could try debating the subject with the incoming leader of a key trade union, Derek Simpson of Amicus.
- The first term has been rocky, uphill and decidedly testing.
- But the battle against terrorism in Africa is an uphill one.
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
nounˈəpˌhɪlˈəpˌhil An upward slope. Example sentencesExamples - The trails should provide a skiing flow so there aren't too many long uphills or sharp turns at the bottom of steep downhills.
- This is a long uphill, steep at times, and it was tough going for the children, though they all made it.
- All the reinforced fencing, railroad ties, and flying buttresses can keep the uphill from sliding downhill for only so long.
- 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.
- Power walk all the uphills in a race, no matter how small.
- The race is awash with talk of how the organizers set out to make things difficult for the skiers this year, with so many uphills and technical approaches to the finish lines this year.
- To me it makes more sense to only control certain sections of a course where regular classical skiing techniques are the obvious way to go, such as on the uphills.
- An advanced skater only uses a side-to-side arm swing for short sprints at a race starting line or for steep uphills.
- My feet were so heavy I could barely pick them up, let alone jog along beside the sled to give the dogs a breather on the uphill.
- Don't beat up on yourself if you find you are stopping every couple of hundred yards, particularly on the uphills.
- The terrain was the most difficult part, the downhills and uphills and the constant changing of pace.
- He even overtook Denmark's Mickael Rasmussen, who had started out six minutes before him but had a disastrous ride on the tricky and technical route's sharp bends, fast downhills and tiring uphills.
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