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up·hill

(ŭp′hĭl′)

adj.

1. Located on high or higher ground: an uphill mine entrance.

2. Going up a hill or slope: an uphill climb.

3. Marked by difficulty or strong resistance; laborious: an uphill election campaign against a popular incumbent.

adv. (ŭp′hĭl′)

1. To or toward higher ground; up a slope.

2. Against adversity; with difficulty: struggling uphill to make ends meet.

An upward slope or incline.

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uphill

(ˈʌpˈhɪl)

adj

1. (Physical Geography) inclining, sloping, or leading upwards

2. requiring arduous and protracted effort: an uphill task.

adv

3. (Physical Geography) up an incline or slope; upwards

4. against difficulties

(Physical Geography) a rising incline; ascent

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up•hill

(adv., adj. ˈʌpˈhɪl; n. ˈʌpˌhɪl)

adv.

1. up or as if up the slope of a hill or other incline; upward: The soldiers marched uphill.

adj.

2. going or tending upward on or as if on a hill: an uphill road.

3. at a high place or point: an uphill village.

4. laboriously fatiguing or difficult: an uphill struggle.

5. a rising terrain; ascent.

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Noun	1.	uphill - the upward slope of a hill acclivity, ascent, climb, upgrade, raise, rise - an upward slope or grade (as in a road); "the car couldn't make it up the rise"
Adj.	1.	uphill - sloping upward acclivitous, rising ascending - moving or going or growing upward; "the ascending plane"; "the ascending staircase"; "the ascending stems of chickweed"
Adv.	1.	uphill - against difficulties; "she was talking uphill"
	2.	uphill - upward on a hill or incline; "this street lay uphill"

uphill

adjective

1. ascending, rising, upward, mounting, climbing a long, uphill journey
ascending descending, downhill, lowering

2. arduous, hard, taxing, difficult, tough, exhausting, punishing, gruelling, strenuous, laborious, wearisome, Sisyphean It had been an uphill struggle to achieve what she wanted.

noun

1. (S. African) difficulty, problem, trouble, dilemma, headache (informal), hassle (informal), can of worms (informal) This job has been a real uphill.

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uphill

adjective

Not easy to do, achieve, or master:

arduous, difficult, hard, laborious, serious, tall, tough.

Translations

صاعِدصَاعِداً صَعْبعلى المُنْحَدَر

do kopceobtížnýstoupající

op ad bakkevanskelig

ylämäkeen

uzbrdo

dombra felhegynek fel haladó

brattur, upp í mótierfiîurupp í móti

in salita arduo

坂の上へ

위를 향하여

bergop

oppoverbakke i motvind

w górę

acima morro acima

в гору

do kopca

navkreber

uppåt

ซึ่งเป็นเนิน ซึ่งขึ้นเขา

yokuş yukarı zahmetli güç

lên dốc

上坡上坡的艰难的费力的

uphill

[ˈʌpˈhɪl]

A. ADV to go uphill → ir cuesta arriba
the road goes uphill for two miles → la carretera sube durante dos millas

B. ADJ → en cuesta, en pendiente (fig) → arduo, penoso
it's uphill all the way (lit) → el camino es todo cuesta arriba (fig) → es una tarea laboriosa
it was an uphill struggle → fue muy difícil
it's an uphill task → es una tarea laboriosa

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uphill

[ˌʌpˈhɪl]

adj

[walk, journey] → en montée
a long, uphill journey → un long trajet, tout en montée
an uphill climb → une ascension

(fig) [task] → difficile, ardu(e)
an uphill struggle → une dure lutte
an uphill battle → un combat difficile, un dur combat
an uphill struggle to do sth → une dure lutte pour faire qch
an uphill battle to do sth → une dur combat pour faire qch

adv [face, look] → en amont; [move] → vers le haut; [push] → vers le haut
to go uphill [person, vehicle, road, path] → monter
to walk uphill → monter (en marchant)

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

uphill

adv → bergauf; to go uphill → bergauf gehen, steigen; (road also) → bergauf führen; (car) → den Berg hinauffahren

adj road → bergauf (führend); (fig) work, struggle → mühsam, mühselig; it’s uphill all the way (lit) → es geht die ganze Strecke bergauf; (fig) → es ist ein harter Kampf; an uphill struggle or battle → ein mühsamer or mühseliger Kampf; uphill ski → Bergski m

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uphill

[ˌʌpˈhɪl]

1. adv to go uphill → andare in salita, salire

2. adj → in salita, in su (fig) (task, battle) → arduo/a
uphill ski → sci m inv a monte
it's uphill all the way → è tutta salita (fig) → è una continua lotta

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

up

(ap) adverb, adjective

1. to, or at, a higher or better position. Is the elevator going up?; The office is up on the top floor; She looked up at him; The price of coffee is up again.

2. erect. Sit/Stand up; He got up from his chair.

3. out of bed. What time do you get up?; I'll be up all night finishing this work.

4. to the place or person mentioned or understood. A taxi drove up and she got in; He came up (to me) and shook hands.

5. into the presence, or consideration, of a person, group of people etc. He brought up the subject during the conversation.

6. to an increased degree eg of loudness, speed etc. Please turn the radio up a little!; Speak up! I can't hear you

7. used to indicate completeness; throughly or finally. You'll end up in hospital if you don't drive more carefully; Help me wash up the dishes!; I've used up the whole supply of paper; He tore up the letter.

preposition

1. to or at a higher level on. He climbed up the tree.

2. (at a place) along. They walked up the street; Their house is up the road.

3. towards the source of (a river). When do the salmon start swimming up the river?

verb – past tense, past participle upped –

to increase (a price etc). They upped the price that they wanted for their house.

ˈupward adjective

going up or directed up. They took the upward path; an upward glance.

ˈupward(s) adverb

(facing) towards a higher place or level. He was lying on the floor face upwards; The path led upwards.

ˌup-and-ˈcoming adjective

(of eg a person starting a career) progressing well. an up-and-coming young doctor.

ˌupˈhill adverb

up a slope. We travelled uphill for several hours.

adjective

1. sloping upwards; ascending. an uphill road.

2. difficult. This will be an uphill struggle.

ˌupˈstairs adverb

on or to an upper floor. His room is upstairs; She went upstairs to her bedroom.

noun – plural upˈstairs –

the upper floor(s). The ground floor needs painting, but the upstairs is nice; (also adjective) an upstairs sitting room.

upˈstream adverb

towards the upper part or source of a stream, river etc. Salmon swim upstream to lay their eggs.

be up and about

to be out of bed. I've been up and about for hours; Is she up and about again after her accident?

be up to

1. to be busy or occupied with (an activity etc). What is he up to now?

2. to be capable of. He isn't quite up to the job.

3. to reach the standard of. This work isn't up to your best.

4. to be the duty or privilege of. It's up to you to decide; The final choice is up to him.

up to

as far, or as much, as. He counted up to 100; Up to now, the work has been easy.

up to date

1. completed etc up to the present time. Is the catalogue up to date?

2. modern and in touch with the latest ideas. This method is up to date.

uphill

→ صَاعِداً do kopce op ad bakke bergauf ανηφορικά cuesta arriba ylämäkeen en amont uzbrdo in salita 坂の上へ 위를 향하여 bergop oppoverbakke w górę acima, morro acima в гору uppåt ซึ่งเป็นเนิน ซึ่งขึ้นเขา yokuş yukarı lên dốc 上坡

uphill

adv cuesta arriba

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They went through the muddy village, past threshing floors and green fields of winter rye, downhill where snow still lodged near the bridge, uphill where the clay had been liquefied by the rain, past strips of stubble land and bushes touched with green here and there, and into a birch forest growing on both sides of the road.

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He kept our feet on the smoothest part of the road, and if the uphill was very long, he set the carriage wheels a little across the road, so as not to run back, and gave us a breathing.

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It is a military axiom not to advance uphill against the enemy, nor to oppose him when he comes downhill.

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Even as a boy I found some other things of his uphill work.

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When, however, he wandered on and on, uphill and down, at times past green meadows, though also sometimes over wild stony couches where formerly perhaps an impatient brook had made its bed, then he turned all at once warmer and heartier again.

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He went up to the top, turned back again and started mowing, and they all proceeded to form in line behind him, going downhill through the hollow and uphill right up to the edge of the forest.

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In another moment the colossal mechanism went striding by me, and passed uphill towards Pyrford.

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Whenever Tess lifted her head she beheld always the great upgrown straw-stack, with the men in shirt-sleeves upon it, against the gray north sky; in front of it the long red elevator like a Jacob's ladder, on which a perpetual stream of threshed straw ascended, a yellow river running uphill, and spouting out on the top of the rick.

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and a tedious and uphill road: then citing Homer as a witness that the gods may be influenced by men; for he also says:

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Of course it was uphill work at first, and Jo made queer mistakes, but the wise Professor steered her safely into calmer waters, and the most rampant ragamuffin was conquered in the end.

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All our afternoon's progress had been uphill. About five or half past we reached the summit, and all of a sudden the dense curtain of the forest parted and we looked down into a deep and beautiful gorge and out over a wide panorama of wooded mountains with their summits shining in the sun and their glade-furrowed sides dimmed with purple shade.

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Straight before us the white ribbon of Solomon's Great Road stretched away uphill to the foot of the centre peak, about five miles from us, and there stopped.