uphill

adv

1. Up a slope, towards higher ground.
2. (broadly)With difficulty.

adj

1. Located up a slope or on a hill.
2. Going up a slope or a hill.

   ““There’s a lot of uphill about a bicycle tour,” said he, “and the wind is against you.” “So there is downhill, and the wind behind you,” said Harris.”

   “The engine seemed a little sensitive to wet rails, and in consequence the uphill work was not so good north of Dundee as it had been earlier. But I have noted this same "touchiness" on the part of the "A4s", and other modern British 4-6-2s, so that in this respect No. 2006 proved no exception.”

3. (broadly)Difficult or laborious.

   “For a large part of this game, England once again looked like a team suffering from the rigours of a long season and faced an uphill task when Hofmann put Germany in front.”

noun

1. An uphill route.

verb

1. To travel uphill.

name

1. A suburban village in Weston-super-Mare parish, North Somerset district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST3158).
2. A community in Dalton Township, Ontario, Canada.
3. A surname.