hill

Speech parts

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

Synonyms

mound ridge butte knoll eminence tor rise height elevation hump drumlin hillock hummock sierra mount
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Antonyms

canyon mead arroyo cove dale lea
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Hypernyms

form work structure construction shape elevation

Hyponyms

barrow butte knoll foothill hammock tor

Phrases with the word

over the hill king of the hill make a mountain out of a molehill Murray Hill Hill Chorlton Smoky Hill

Derivatives

hilled hilling

Examples

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

Close letter words and terms

hilite hiliting Hilker hill cane hill censer hill chain