Associations to the word «Uphill»

Wiktionary

UPHILL, adverb. Up a slope, towards higher ground.
UPHILL, adverb. (by extension) With difficulty.
UPHILL, adjective. Located up a slope or on a hill.
UPHILL, adjective. Going up a slope or a hill.
UPHILL, adjective. (by extension) Difficult or laborious.
UPHILL, noun. An uphill route.
UPHILL BATTLE, noun. (idiomatic) A challenge with the odds of success stacked strongly against.
UPHILL BATTLES, noun. Plural of uphill battle
UPHILL GARDENER, noun. (UK) (slang) (derogatory) A homosexual man.
UPHILL GARDENERS, noun. Plural of uphill gardener

Dictionary definition

UPHILL, noun. The upward slope of a hill.
UPHILL, adverb. Against difficulties; "she was talking uphill".
UPHILL, adverb. Upward on a hill or incline; "this street lay uphill".
UPHILL, adjective. Sloping upward.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats