(adv.) Aloft; on high; in a direction contrary to that of gravity; toward or in a higher place or position; above; -- the opposite of down.
(adv.) From a lower to a higher position, literally or figuratively; as, from a recumbent or sitting position; from the mouth, toward the source, of a river; from a dependent or inferior condition; from concealment; from younger age; from a quiet state, or the like; -- used with verbs of motion expressed or implied.
(adv.) In a higher place or position, literally or figuratively; in the state of having arisen; in an upright, or nearly upright, position; standing; mounted on a horse; in a condition of elevation, prominence, advance, proficiency, excitement, insurrection, or the like; -- used with verbs of rest, situation, condition, and the like; as, to be up on a hill; the lid of the box was up; prices are up.
(adv.) To or in a position of equal advance or equality; not short of, back of, less advanced than, away from, or the like; -- usually followed by to or with; as, to be up to the chin in water; to come up with one's companions; to come up with the enemy; to live up to engagements.
(adv.) To or in a state of completion; completely; wholly; quite; as, in the phrases to eat up; to drink up; to burn up; to sum up; etc.; to shut up the eyes or the mouth; to sew up a rent.
(adv.) Aside, so as not to be in use; as, to lay up riches; put up your weapons.
(prep.) From a lower to a higher place on, upon, or along; at a higher situation upon; at the top of.
(prep.) From the coast towards the interior of, as a country; from the mouth towards the source of, as a stream; as, to journey up the country; to sail up the Hudson.
(prep.) Upon.
(n.) The state of being up or above; a state of elevation, prosperity, or the like; -- rarely occurring except in the phrase ups and downs.
(a.) Inclining up; tending or going up; upward; as, an up look; an up grade; the up train.
Example Sentences:
Uphill
Definition:
(adv.) Upwards on, or as on, a hillside; as, to walk uphill.
(a.) Ascending; going up; as, an uphill road.
(a.) Attended with labor; difficult; as, uphill work.
Example Sentences:
(1) Distance running performance is slower on hilly race courses than flat courses even when the start and finish are at the same elevation, resulting in equal amounts of uphill and downhill running.
(2) Gillard faces an uphill battle convincing the electorate to back her.
(3) Like the parental strain, all three types of triple mutant showed moderate rates of downhill lactose transport and were defective in the uphill accumulation of sugars.
(4) The ascorbate oxidation was coupled to the uphill Na+ extrusion which was stimulated by CCCP and a penetrating weak base, diethylamine, as well as by valinomycin with or without diethylamine.
(5) Physiological strain was greater in uphill than in level or downhill walking (P less than .001).
(6) Senator Davis is a strong, viable, credible candidate who has raised a substantial amount of money and is the best candidate for Democrats – but it’s still an uphill battle,” he said.
(7) These results indicate that body posture can affect energy expenditure during uphill bicycling through factors unrelated to air resistance.
(8) It functions as a pair of easy-to-use skis for walking uphill, then when it’s time to head down, it quickly transforms into a toboggan for riding safely and enjoyably back to the resort, perhaps even with a few powder turns along the way.
(9) Speaking to the Guardian, Rotheram acknowledged the party faced an uphill struggle in a campaign the Tories are framing as a personality contest between party leaders.
(10) Stonewall does great work but the gay campaign for marriage equality faced an uphill struggle, which was made worse by Stonewall constantly undermining our efforts.
(11) It's going to be uphill for LA here - New York should be thinking: "No stupid penalties, no stupid penalties..." and repeat.
(12) As the transport of cefaclor showed no uphill uptake in the presence of a H+ gradient and its H+ stimulated uptake was small, a H+ gradient-independent carrier-mediated system seems to participate in its transport.
(13) The post-trial injection of 1 ng SP (in 0.5 microliter volume) led to significantly longer latencies in the uphill response.
(14) These are our treaty lands, and we need to protect clean water.’ Photograph: Sam Levin for the Guardian In a recent interview, Archambault acknowledged that the tribes face an uphill battle in the US judicial system: “We always knew that the federal court system was against Indian country.
(15) Heart rate and skiing velocities were analyzed over a flat, an uphill, and a downhill section, as well as for the total loop.
(16) Although efforts to win over Republican hawks appear close to gaining sufficient support in the Senate, the White House continues to face an uphill struggle to persuade enough members of Congress from both parties to authorise its planned strike against Syria in the House.
(17) We have a lot to do in the run up to 2020 – there’s a long road ahead of us and it will be an uphill struggle, but if we can mobilise more people, young and old, and continue to provide a real alternative to austerity and Obsornomics, we might just be in with a fighting chance.
(18) Dyspnoea grade 1 (shortness of breath when walking quickly on the level or uphill) was less well related to age.
(19) Transport of L-glutamic acid into the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe grown to the early stationary phase and preincubated for 60 min with 1% D-glucose is practically unidirectional and is mediated by a single uphill transport system with a KT of 170 microM and Jmax of 4.8 nmol min-1 (mg dry wt.)-1.
(20) It has been possible to form vesicles from the purified enzyme from Squalus acanthias and to demonstrate the ATP-dependent, ouabain inhibitable, coupled uphill transports of Na+ and K+.