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hill

Syllabification: (hill)
Pronunciation: /hil/

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Definition of hill

noun

  • 1a naturally raised area of land, not as high or craggy as a mountain.
  • a sloping piece of road or trail:they were climbing a steep hill in low gear
  • a heap or mound of something:a hill of sliding shingle

verb

[with object]
  • form (something) into a heap.
  • bank up (a plant) with soil:if frost threatens our new plants, we hill them up

Phrases

a hill of beans

[with negative] informal a thing of little value:the problems of one old actor don’t amount to a hill of beans

as old as the hills

see old.

over the hill

informal old and past one’s prime.

up hill and down dale

see up.

Origin:

Old English hyll, of Germanic origin; from an Indo-European root shared by Latin collis and Greek kolōnos 'hill'

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