uphill
part of speech
adverb (uphill); adjective (uphill); noun (an uphill — rare)
meaning for a pupil
1) Uphill means going up a slope, towards the top of a hill. tree →
2) An uphill task or battle is something hard that takes a lot of effort. tree →
sense in the lessons
In PE and science, walking or cycling uphill is harder because you are working against gravity. In geography, rivers flow downhill, not uphill. In stories and everyday talk, «an uphill struggle» means something difficult. Opposite: downhill. Phrases: «uphill struggle», «uphill battle», «walk uphill».
examples
- We pushed our bikes uphill. tree →
- Walking uphill makes you breathe hard. tree →
- The school is uphill from our house. tree →
- Water never flows uphill by itself. tree →
- Learning to read music was an uphill battle. tree →
- The path goes uphill to the castle. tree →
- It is easier to ride downhill than uphill. tree →
- Change to a low gear for riding uphill. tree →
- They went very fast, because dragons can go uphill as easily as down. tree →
note
One word. Can be an adverb (run uphill) or adjective (an uphill path). Opposite: downhill. In science, going uphill needs more energy because you lift your weight against gravity.
In the corpora
- Walking uphill, people lean forward to keep their weight over their feet.
- On a narrow path, step aside and say hello; walkers going uphill usually have the right of way.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «uphill» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.