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"

1. Sloping down rather steeply
   "The downhill terrain made driving difficult in winter";
   - declivitous, downward-sloping

1. The downward slope of a hill
   "Skiers raced down the steep downhill course"; "The cyclists enjoyed the thrilling downhill after the long climb"
    
2. A ski race down a trail
   "She won the gold medal in the women's downhill at the Winter Olympics"

Derived forms: downhills

See also: descending

Type of: declension [archaic], declination, decline, declivity, descent, downslope, fall, ski race, skiing race

Encyclopedia: Downhill, County Londonderry