hill

noun, verb — 8 senses

hill

noun

UK, US [hɪɫ] · /hɪl/

Etymology

From Middle English hil (“hill”), from Old English hyll (“hill”), from Proto-West Germanic *hulli (“hill”), from Proto-Germanic *hulliz (“hill”), from Proto-Indo-European *kl̥Hnís (“top, hill, rock”) (compare also Proto-Germanic *halluz (“stone, rock”)). Cognate with Middle Dutch hille, hulle (“hill”), Low German hull (“hill”), Faroese hólur (“hill”), Icelandic and Old Norse hóll (“hill”), Norn hul (“hillock”), Norwegian hol (“low hillock”), Swedish kulle (“hill”), Catalan coll (“hill”), Italian colle (“hill”), Latin collis (“hill”), Lithuanian kalnas (“hill, mountain”), Albanian kallumë (“big pile, tall heap”), Russian холм (xolm, “hill”), Old English holm (“rising land, island”). More at holm.

1

An elevated landmass smaller than a mountain.

  • The park is sheltered from the wind by a hill to the east.
  • So this was my future home, I thought![…]Backed by towering hills, the but faintly discernible purple line of the French boundary off to the southwest, a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, chapter IV, in Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
2

A sloping road.

  • You need to pick up speed to get up the hill that's coming up.
3

US A heap of earth surrounding a plant.

4

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

  • a hill of corn or potatoes
5

Ball games, Baseball, Games, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports The pitcher’s mound.

6

The raised portion of the surface of a vinyl record.

Derived terms
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Hill Park, Caelian Hill, Callow Hill, Cambrian Hill, Camp Hill, Cannon Hill, Capital Hill, Carnes Hill, Cartwrights Hill, Castle Hill, Caterham on the Hill, Catherine Hill Bay, Cecil Hills, Chandlers Hill, Chapel and Hill Chorlton, Chapel Hill, Chapman Hill, Cheetham Hill, Cherry Hill, Cherry Tree Hill, Chester Hill, Chestnut Hill, Cheviot Hills, Childs Hill, Chiltern Hills, Christmas Hill, Christmas Hills, Churchill, city on a hill, city upon a hill, Clapton-on-the-Hill, Clarkes Hill, Clear Hills County, Clee Hills, Clifton Hill, Cobbs Hill, common hill myna, Commonwealth Hill, Constitution Hill, Cooks Hill, Cooladar Hill, Copley Hill, Corbie Hill, Coton Hill, Cotswold Hills, Crews Hill, Cross Hills, Croydon Hills, Cumberland Hill, Currans Hill, Daggar Hills, Daisy Hill, Denmark Hill, Depot Hill, Devon Hills, Dollis Hill, downhill, Drexel Hill, Dudden Hill, Dulwich Hill, dung-hill, dunghill, Dunham-on-the-Hill, dwarf-hill, East Hills, East Windsor Hill, Eatons Hill, Eden Hill, Eden Hills, Edge Hill, Edgehill, elf hill, Elizabeth Hills, Elton on the Hill, Emerald Hill, Endeavour Hills, Esquiline Hill, Everton Hills, Fairy Hill, fairy hill, Farmington Hills, Farrants Hill, Feeding Hills, Fern Hill, Fernhill, Ferny Hills, Fishers Hill, Flagstaff Hill, Flora Hill, foothill, Foresthill, Forest Hill, Forest Hills, forhill, Forty Hill, Fountain Hills, Friendly Hills, Gants Hill, Gedney Hill, Gifford Hill, Gipsy Hill, Girards Hill, Gledswood Hills, Golden Hill, Golden Hills, Goondi Hill, Gooseberry Hill, Goosehill, Goose Hill, Gordon Hill, Gormans Hill, Granada Hills, Grange Hill, Grasstree Hill, Gravelly Hill, gravity hill, Greenhill, Green Hill, Greenhills, Green Hills, Greenhills Beach, Green Hills Range, Gregory Hills, Gringley on the Hill, Grove Hill, Guys Hill, Hallelujah Hills, Halton Hills, Hambledon Hill, Hamilton Hill, Hampton Hill, Harpers Hill, Harrow on the Hill, Hatter Hill, Haverton Hill, Hayters Hill, head for the hills, Headington Hill, Heath Hill, Hedley on the Hill, Helens Hill, Herne Hill, Highgate Hill, Hillbank, hillbilly, hill cane, hill censer, hill chain, Hill Chorlton, Hill City, hillclimb, hill climb, hillclimber, hill climbing, hillclimbing, Hill Country, hill country blues, hillcraft, Hillcrest, hillcrest, Hilldale, Hilldene, Hill End, Hiller, hiller, hill fire, hillfolk, hill-fort, Hillgrove, hill-holder, hilling, hillish, hilllike, hill-like, hillman, hill myna, hillock, hill of beans, Hill of Down, Hill of Fearn, hill partridge, hill-people, hill pigeon, hill rat, Hill River, hillscape, Hillsdale, hillshade, Hillside, hillside, hillslope, hillsman, hillspeople, hill start, hill station, hill-station, hillstream, Hillsville, hill to die on, hilltop, Hill Top, hill-topping, Hilltown, hill town, hilltown, hilltribe, hill-troll, hillwalker, hillwalking, hillward, hillwards, hillwash, hillwoman, Hillwood, hillwort, hilly, Hines Hill, Holden Hill, Holly Hill, Holly Hills, Home Hill, Hotchley Hill, Hough-on-the-Hill, Howqua Hills, Hunny Hill, Hunter's Hill, Hunters Hill, Ide Hill, Johnsons Hill, Jones Hill, Junction Hill, Karroun Hill, Kenfig Hill, Kenmore Hills, Kents Hill, king of the hill, Knights Hill, Kurrajong Hills, Langdons Hill, Lark Hill, Laurel Hill, Laurentian Hills, Lavers Hill, Lawn Hill, Lawrence Hill, Leighton Hill, Leith Hill, Leonards Hill, Leydens Hill, Ley Hill, light on the hill, Long Hill, Lords Hill, Low Hill, Ludgate Hill, Macquarie Hills, Magsaysay Hills, Mallee Hills, Malvern Hills, Mango Hill, Manna Hill, Marble Hill, Marcus Hill, Marley Hill, Marshfield Hills, Mars Hill, May Hill, Mays Hill, McDougalls Hill, McGraths Hill, McKees Hill, McKenzie Hill, Meikleville Hill, Mendip Hills, Merry Hill, Merungle Hill, midden-hill, Mill Hill, Mills Hill, Minden Hills, mole hill, molehill, Moonies Hill, moothill, Morn Hill, Morton on the Hill, Mosquito Hill, Mossley Hill, Mount Hill, muckhill, Mullica Hill, Murray Hill, Muswell Hill, mute-hill, Naga Hills, Napton on the Hill, North Hill, North Hills, Northwood Hills, Notley Hills, Notting Hill, Nowra Hills, Oakden Hills, O'Briens Hill, Ocker Hill, O'Halloran Hill, old as the hills, older than the hills, Old Hill, One Tree Hill, Onkaparinga Hills, Orange Hill, Orchard Hills, Ormeau Hills, over hill and dale, over the hill, Panoche Hills, Panton Hill, Para Hills, Para Hills West, Park Hill, Parliament Hill, Peak Hill, Peep Hill, Pendle Hill, Pennant Hills, Pentland Hills, Pine Hill, Pine Hills, Pin Gin Hill, Pinjarra Hills, Placid Hills, Pleasant Hills, Polish Hill River, Pony Hills, Port Hills, Potts Hill, Primrose Hill, Princes Hill, Prospect Hill, Pyramid Hill, Quaker Hill, Quakers Hill, Quantock Hills, Quarry Hill, Queenhill, Quezon Hill, Quirino Hill, Redhill, Red Hill, Redhill Farms, Red Hills, Red Hill South, Red Sea Hills, Richland Hills, Richmond Hill, Rileys Hill, Riverhills, Robin Hill, Rochester Hills, Rocky Hill, Rocky Hills, Rosehill, Rose Hill, Rose Hills, Round Hill, Rouse Hill, Saddle Hills County, Sailors Hill, Salt Hill, sandhill, sandhiller, Sandhill Lake, Sandy Hill, Sellicks Hill, Sevenhill, Seven Hills, Sharon Hill, Sheep Hills, Shippea Hill, Shooters Hill, Short Hills, sidehill, Sidlaw Hills, Six Hills, Smoky Hill, Smoky Hills, Snob Hill, Snow Hill, Soldiers Hill, Spring Hill, Sri Lanka hill myna, Stake Hill, Stamford Hill, Staple Hill, Staple Hill and Mangotsfield, St Giles's Hill, Stockyard Hill, Stoters Hill, Stove Hill, Strawberry Hill, Streatham Hill, Stroud Hill, Sudbury Hill, Summerhill, Summer Hill, Summer Hill Creek, Sunnybank Hills, Surrey Hills, Surry Hills, Swan Hill, Swan Hill West, Sydenham Hill, Tara Hills, Taylors Hill, Telegraph Hill, Terrey Hills, The Hill, Thornhill Park, Thorpe on the Hill, Tighes Hill, Tile Hill, Tilton on the Hill, Tolmans Hill, Tower Hill, Towers Hill, Townhill, Toys Hill, Trent Hills, Tuart Hill, Tulse Hill, Turkey Hill, Turners Hill, Tutt Hill, Tyler Hill, underhill, Underhill, unhill, University Hills, uphill, up hill and down dale, up hill and down dell, Upper Hill, Upton Hill, Vernon Hills, Vestavia Hills, Victoria Hill, Villa Hills, Viminal Hill, Vinegar Hill, Violet Hill, Walter Hill, Warden Hill, Ward Hill, Warren Hill, Wattle Hill, Wellesley Hills, Wembley Hill, West Hill, West Hills, West Pennant Hills, Wheelers Hill, White Hill, White Hills, Wick Hill, Willunga Hill, Wilsons Hill, Winchmore Hill, Winston Hills, Witham on the Hill, Wittenoom Hills, Wivenhoe Hill, Wongan Hills, Woodhill, Woodland Hills, Yandoit Hills, Yawong Hills, yellow hill ant
Hyponyms
hillock, toman

hill

verb
Etymology

From Middle English hil (“hill”), from Old English hyll (“hill”), from Proto-West Germanic *hulli (“hill”), from Proto-Germanic *hulliz (“hill”), from Proto-Indo-European *kl̥Hnís (“top, hill, rock”) (compare also Proto-Germanic *halluz (“stone, rock”)). Cognate with Middle Dutch hille, hulle (“hill”), Low German hull (“hill”), Faroese hólur (“hill”), Icelandic and Old Norse hóll (“hill”), Norn hul (“hillock”), Norwegian hol (“low hillock”), Swedish kulle (“hill”), Catalan coll (“hill”), Italian colle (“hill”), Latin collis (“hill”), Lithuanian kalnas (“hill, mountain”), Albanian kallumë (“big pile, tall heap”), Russian холм (xolm, “hill”), Old English holm (“rising land, island”). More at holm.

1

To form into a heap or mound.

  • Spread, heaped up, stacked with good things; and redolent of citrons and grapes, hilling round tall vases of wine;1849, Herman Melville, Mardi: And a Voyage Thither. […], volume II, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC:
2

To heap or draw earth around plants.

  • After the seeds were inserted, the earth was hilled up all around into a smooth little mound.1977, Gene Weltfish, The Lost Universe: Pawnee Life and Culture, page 102:

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