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hill
1[hil]
noun
a natural elevation of the earth's surface, smaller than a mountain.
Synonyms: , , , , ,Antonyms: ,an incline, especially in a road.
This old jalopy won't make it up the next hill.
an artificial heap, pile, or mound.
a hill made by ants.
a small mound of earth raised about a cultivated plant or a cluster of such plants.
the plant or plants so surrounded.
a hill of potatoes.
Baseball.mound.
the Hill. Capitol Hill.
verb (used with object)
to surround with hills.
to hill potatoes.
to form into a hill or heap.
Hill
2[hil]
noun
Ambrose Powell 1825–65, Confederate general in the U.S. Civil War.
Archibald Vivian 1886–1977, English physiologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1922.
James Jerome, 1838–1916, U.S. railroad builder and financier, born in Canada.
Joe, 1879–1915, U.S. labor organizer and songwriter, born in Sweden.
hill
1/ ɪ /
noun
a conspicuous and often rounded natural elevation of the earth's surface, less high or craggy than a mountain
( in combination )
a hillside
a hilltop
a heap or mound made by a person or animal
( in combination )
a dunghill
an incline; slope
informalbeyond one's prime
slangmilitary absent without leave or deserting
strenuously and persistently
verb
to form into a hill or mound
to cover or surround with a mound or heap of earth
Hill
2/ ɪ /
noun
Archibald Vivian. 1886–1977, British biochemist, noted for his research into heat loss in muscle contraction: shared the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine (1922)
Damon Graham Devereux, son of Graham Hill. born 1960, British motor-racing driver; Formula One world champion (1996)
David Octavius 1802–70, Scottish painter and portrait photographer, noted esp for his collaboration with the chemist Robert Adamson (1821–48)
Sir Geoffrey ( William ). born 1932, British poet: his books include King Log (1968), Mercian Hymns (1971), The Mystery of the Charity of Charles Péguy (1983), and The Orchards of Syon (2002)
Graham. 1929–75, British motor-racing driver: world champion (1962, 1968)
Octavia. 1838–1912, British housing reformer; a founder of the National Trust
Sir Rowland. 1795–1879, British originator of the penny postage
Susan ( Elizabeth ). born 1942, British novelist and writer of short stories: her books include I'm the King of the Castle (1970) The Woman in Black (1983), and Felix Derby (2002)
Other 51Թ Forms
- hiller noun
- underhill noun
- ˈ adjective
- ˈ noun
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of hill1
Idioms and Phrases
go over the hill,
to break out of prison.
to absent oneself without leave from one's military unit.
to leave suddenly or mysteriously.
Rumor has it that her husband has gone over the hill.
over the hill,
relatively advanced in age.
past one's prime.
Example Sentences
We are driving at speed through the green hills of rural Hertfordshire.
But L.A.’s housing stock is generally older, and many homes scattered across the region’s hills and mountains are sitting ducks — architecturally vulnerable if a fire sweeps through.
Just before Mile 8, my headphones died and that’s when the hills started to get to me.
My vision of Queens, when it’s perfect, is: There’s a hill with the sun behind it, and this crippled army of minstrels comes over the horizon.
“It’s got a river that runs through it. It’s got its own hills, it’s got fields, it’s got forest, it’s got marshland,” Cotton says.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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