Hill

Word HILL
Character 4
Hyphenation hill
Pronunciations /hɪl/

Definitions and meanings of "Hill"

What do we mean by hill?

A well-defined natural elevation smaller than a mountain. noun

A small heap, pile, or mound. noun

A mound of earth piled around and over a plant. noun

A plant thus covered. noun

An incline, especially of a road; a slope. noun

Capitol Hill. Often used with the. noun

The US Congress. Often used with the. noun

To form into a hill, pile, or heap. transitive verb

To cover (a plant) with a mound of soil. transitive verb

(over the hill) Past one's prime. idiom

To form small hills or heaps of earth around; form into hills or heaps: as, to hill corn; to hill the ground.

To heap; accumulate.

To form into a heap; gather.

To cover.

To pour out.

A conspicuous natural elevation of the earth's surface; a natural eminence of indefinite height, usually rounded or conical. noun

A heap; a hillock; a pile: as, a dunghill; an ant-hill; a mole-hill. noun

A little mound raised about a cluster of cultivated plants: as, a hill of maize or potatoes. noun

An elevated location smaller than a mountain.

A sloping road.

A heap of earth surrounding a plant.

A single cluster or group of plants growing close together, and having the earth heaped up about them.

The pitcher’s mound.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Hill

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The word "hill" in example sentences

Poster2: * Runs up the hill, tosses a ball past Poster1 and watches Poster1 run down the hill* then he/she states "My hill!" ❋ Unknown (2010)

THOUSANDS of sheep, soft-footed, black-nosed sheep—one by one going up the hill and over the fence—one by one four-footed pattering up and over—one by one wiggling their stub tails as they take the short jump and go over—one by one silently unless for the multitudinous drumming of their hoofs as they move on and go over—thousands and thousands of them in the grey haze of evening just after sundown—one by one slanting in a long line to pass over the hill— ❋ Unknown (1916)

Finding the path up the hill is the only difficult point on the hike. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Also with Dave you would listen just to see how bad and over the hill is actually is. ❋ Unknown (2006)

JERAS: I'm looking at a map as we speak trying to find it, but I'm not sure how far away it is from San Antonio proper, but you know, if you get up to the north and west of the San Antonio area, you get into what they call the hill country, and so, that's in higher elevation. ❋ Unknown (2007)

They would miss the Fiesta of the Virgen de Guadalupe, where the church high on the hill is the centrepiece. ❋ Unknown (2004)

Down the hill is a nonpareil collection of Eskimo, Tlingit, Haida, and other native art at the Alaska ❋ Unknown (1997)

On the crest of the hill is the rye, cut high on its blooming stem: ❋ Unknown (1916)

Half way up the hill is an entrance, almost hidden by moss and other creeping foliage, which leads into a cave. ❋ Unknown (1888)

About the Middle of the hill is a broad Grass walk railed in and enters into a Dineing roome. ❋ Unknown (1888)

More than halfway up the road towards the hill is a barricade, from behind which a Secessionist sharpshooter is having some pot shots, and, screened by the hedges in the cornfields, others are doing the same. ❋ Unknown (1861)

A valley or a hill is a bad situation for a kitchen-garden; as the valley is very liable to injury from frost, on account of the damps that hang over it; and the hill is not only cold, but exposed to injury from high winds. ❋ Jane (1845)

The good shows are the ones that the hill is not so high. ❋ Roger Langridge (2010)

For instance, if a stone erodes and tumbles down a hill, is that a "blind" or "non-blind" process? ❋ Unknown (2010)

From standing on the flats it might be obvious that the nearby hill is tall, but with greater experience you might realize it's not really so tall after all. ❋ Unknown (2009)

We've been having some alternating warm and cold weather, and the hill is very icy. ❋ Alison (2010)

The largest hill is one I climb in my car every morning on the way to work. ❋ Ulysses (2010)

Poor Rubio – that will be the Kiss of Death and who in the sam hill is Cheney to call anyone an unprincipled opportunist – it is not always about standing up to someone – there are times when it is about working together for a common goal. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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