dictionary definitions for "uphill"


From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:

  uphill
      adj 1: sloping upward [syn: acclivitous, rising]
      2: hard to overcome or surmount; "a stiff hike"; "a stiff
         exam"; "an uphill battle against a popular incumbant"
         [syn: stiff]
      n : the upward slope of a hill
      adv 1: against difficulties; "she was talking uphill"
      2: upward on a hill or incline; "this street lay uphill"

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Uphill \Up*hill"\, adv.
     Upwards on, or as on, a hillside; as, to walk uphill.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Uphill \Up"hill`\, a.
     1. Ascending; going up; as, an uphill road.
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     2. Attended with labor; difficult; as, uphill work.
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