hill
//hɪl//
Forms
- Plural
- hills
- present (v1)
- hill
- past (v2)
- hilled
- past participle (v3)
- hilled
- present participle
- hilling
- 3rd person singular
- hills
Definitions
1.An elevated landmass smaller than a mountain.
- The park is sheltered from the wind by a hill to the east.
2.A sloping road.
- You need to pick up speed to get up the hill that's coming up.
3.A heap of earth surrounding a plant.
4.A single cluster or group of plants growing close together, and having the earth heaped up about them.
1.To form into a heap or mound.
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.
Frequency
Overall
Common· #1278
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Uncommon
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Uncommon
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”)).