uphill Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the upward slope of a hill
  2. adjective satellite sloping upward
    rising; acclivitous.
  3. adverb against difficulties
    • she was talking uphill
  4. adverb upward on a hill or incline
    • this street lay uphill

WordNet


Up*hill" adverb
Definitions
  1. Upwards on, or as on, a hillside; as, to walk uphill.
Up"hill` adjective
Definitions
  1. Ascending; going up; as, an uphill road.
  2. Attended with labor; difficult; as, uphill work.

Webster 1913