upward+slope
71acclivity — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. ascent, rise, incline, pitch, slope, grade. II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun An upward slope: ascent, rise. See RISE …
72acclivities — ac·cliv·i·ty || É™ klɪvÉ™tɪ n. upward slope, ascending slope of a hill …
73acclivity — ac·cliv·i·ty || É™ klɪvÉ™tɪ n. upward slope, ascending slope of a hill …
74acclivity — [ə klɪvɪti] noun (plural acclivities) an upward slope. Derivatives acclivitous adjective Origin C17: from L. acclivitas, from acclivis, from ad towards + clivus a slope …
75uphill — adverb towards the top of a slope. adjective 1》 sloping upwards. 2》 difficult: an uphill struggle. noun an upward slope …
76upslope — noun an upward slope. adverb & adjective at or towards a higher point on a slope …
77rise — 1 /raIz/ verb past tense rose past participle risen / rIzFn/ (I) 1 INCREASE to increase in number, amount or value: House prices are likely to rise towards the end of this year. | rise by 10%/$3/a large amount etc: Sales rose by 20% over the… …
78bank — I n 1. heap, pile, stack, mass, accumulation, bulk, drift, cumulus; deposit, swell, mound, tumulus; ridge, knoll, dune; bundle, cock, shock, rick, mow. 2. embankment, dike, mole; terrace, parapet. 3. acclivity, ascent, upward slope, grade,… …
79rise — ► VERB (past rose; past part. risen) 1) come or go up. 2) get up from lying, sitting, or kneeling. 3) increase in number, size, intensity, or quality. 4) (of land) slope upwards. 5) (of the sun, moon, or stars) appear above the horizon …
80uphill — ► ADVERB ▪ towards the top of a slope. ► ADJECTIVE 1) sloping upwards. 2) difficult: an uphill struggle. ► NOUN ▪ an upward slope …
