downhill
1. the downward slope of a hill • Hypernyms: descent, declivity, fall, decline, declination, declension, downslope 2. a ski race down a trail • Hypernyms: ski race, skiing race
sloping down rather steeply (Freq. 1) • Syn: declivitous, downward-sloping • Similar to: descending • Derivationally related forms: declivity (for: declivitous)
1. toward a lower or inferior state - your performance has been going downhill for a long time now 2. toward the bottom of a hill - running downhill, he gained a lot of speed
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