Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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downhill | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
descent | Yes | No | No | No |
downhill (noun) | descent (noun) |
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a ski race down a trail | the act of changing your location in a downward direction |
the downward slope of a hill | properties attributable to your ancestry |
a movement downward | |
the hereditary derivation of an individual | |
a downward slope or bend | |
the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors |
downhill (adjective) | descent (adjective) |
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sloping down rather steeply |
downhill (adverb) | descent (adverb) |
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toward the bottom of a hill | |
toward a lower or inferior state |