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uphill


 
  Grep  of  noun  uphill 
  uphill 
 
  Overview  of  noun  uphill 
 
  The  noun  uphill  has  1  sense  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  uphill  --  (the  upward  slope  of  a  hill) 
 
  Overview  of  adj  uphill 
 
  The  adj  uphill  has  2  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  acclivitous,  rising,  uphill  --  (sloping  upward) 
  2.  stiff,  uphill  --  (hard  to  overcome  or  surmount;  "a  stiff  hike";  "a  stiff  exam";  "an  uphill  battle  against  a  popular  incumbant") 
 
  Overview  of  adv  uphill 
 
  The  adv  uphill  has  2  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  uphill  --  (against  difficulties;  "she  was  talking  uphill") 
  2.  uphill  --  (upward  on  a  hill  or  incline;  "this  street  lay  uphill") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  uphill 
 
  2  senses  of  uphill 
 
  Sense  1 
  acclivitous,  rising,  uphill 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  ascending)  ->  descending 
 
  Sense  2 
  stiff,  uphill 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  hard)  ->  soft 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  uphill 
 
  2  senses  of  uphill 
 
  Sense  1 
  acclivitous,  rising,  uphill 
  =>  ascending(postnominal)  (vs.  descending) 
 
  Sense  2 
  stiff,  uphill 
  =>  hard  (vs.  soft) 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  uphill 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  uphill 
 
  uphill  used  as  an  adjective  is  rare  (polysemy  count  =  2) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  uphill 
  uphill 
 
  Overview  of  noun  uphill 
 
  The  noun  uphill  has  1  sense  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  uphill  --  (the  upward  slope  of  a  hill) 
 
  Overview  of  adj  uphill 
 
  The  adj  uphill  has  2  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  acclivitous,  rising,  uphill  --  (sloping  upward) 
  2.  stiff,  uphill  --  (hard  to  overcome  or  surmount;  "a  stiff  hike";  "a  stiff  exam";  "an  uphill  battle  against  a  popular  incumbant") 
 
  Overview  of  adv  uphill 
 
  The  adv  uphill  has  2  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  uphill  --  (against  difficulties;  "she  was  talking  uphill") 
  2.  uphill  --  (upward  on  a  hill  or  incline;  "this  street  lay  uphill") 



uphill definition