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hill

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1. hill - Noun

2. hill - Verb

3. Hill - Proper noun

Meaning

A natural elevation of land, or a mass of earth rising above the common level of the surrounding land; an eminence less than a mountain.

The earth raised about the roots of a plant or cluster of plants. [U. S.] See Hill, v. t.

A single cluster or group of plants growing close together, and having the earth heaped up about them; as, a hill of corn or potatoes.

To surround with earth; to heap or draw earth around or upon; as, to hill corn.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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The artist produces for the liberation of his soul. It is his nature to create as it is the nature of water to run down the hill. W. Somerset Maugham

Never send a battalion to take a hill if a regiment is available. Dwight D. Eisenhower

It's easier to go down a hill than up it but the view is much better at the top. Henry Ward Beecher

When the rain falls in the valley, the hill gets angry. Yoruba Proverb

If the hill is on fire the grasshoppers are roasted. Madagascan Proverb

Bit by bit, in the end it becomes a hill. Malay Proverb

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