Meaning

An elevated landmass smaller than a mountain..

Definitions by Sense

1. An elevated landmass smaller than a mountain.
2. A sloping road.
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.
5. (baseball) The pitcher’s mound.
6. The raised portion of the surface of a vinyl record.
7. To form into a heap or mound.
8. To heap or draw earth around plants.

Example Sentences

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.

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

a hill of corn or potatoes

Spread, heaped up, stacked with good things; and redolent of citrons and grapes, hilling round tall vases of wine;

After the seeds were inserted, the earth was hilled up all around into a smooth little mound.

Word Forms

• hills
• hilling
• hilled

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When Should You Use Hill?

Use hill when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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