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English Dictionary: downhill by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
downhill
adv
  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"
adj
  1. sloping down rather steeply [syn: declivitous, downhill, downward-sloping]
n
  1. the downward slope of a hill
  2. a ski race down a trail
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Downhill \Down"hill`\, adv.
      Towards the bottom of a hill; as, water runs downhill.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Downhill \Down"hill`\, a.
      Declivous; descending; sloping. [bd]A downhill
      greensward.[b8] --Congrewe.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Downhill \Down"hill`\, n.
      Declivity; descent; slope.
  
               On th' icy downhills of this slippery life. --Du Bartas
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