Hill
[hɪl]
Definition
(noun.) a local and well-defined elevation of the land; 'they loved to roam the hills of West Virginia'.
(noun.) risque English comedian (1925-1992).
(noun.) United States railroad tycoon (1838-1916).
(verb.) form into a hill.
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Definition
(n.) 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.
(n.) The earth raised about the roots of a plant or cluster of plants. [U. S.] See Hill, v. t.
(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.
(v. t.) To surround with earth; to heap or draw earth around or upon; as, to hill corn.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Eminence (less than a mountain), mount, rising ground.
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Definition
n. a high mass of land less than a mountain.—n. Hill′-dig′ger one who digs into barrows &c. for buried treasure.—adj. Hilled having hills.—ns.pl. Hill′-folk Hill′men people living or hiding among the hills: the Scotch sect of Cameronians the Covenanters generally.—ns. Hill′-fort a prehistoric stronghold; Hill′iness; Hill′ock a small hill.—adj. Hill′ocky.—ns. Hill′-side the slope of a hill; Hill′-top the summit of a hill.—adj. Hill′y full of hills.—Up hill and down dale vigorously and persistently.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of climbing hills is good if the top is reached, but if you fall back, you will have much envy and contrariness to fight against. See Ascend and Descend.
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Examples
- Fernando was standing a little way up the hill. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- From Raymond there is a direct road to Edward's station, some three miles west of Champion's Hill. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Crittenden had a severe engagement with some of Hill's corps on his crossing the river, and lost heavily. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Not wanting to go through the yard, because of the dogs, she turned off along the hill-side to descend on the pond from above. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- On the bright hill-sides was a subdued smoulder of gorse. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Then as the horse pitched down he had dropped down behind his warm, wet back to get the gun to going as they came up the hill. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Oliver was just considering whether he hadn't better run away, when they reached the bottom of the hill. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- And now, as he turned away, strolling down the hill toward the station, that anxiety remained with him as the visible justification of his own. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Plain and hill, stream and corn-field, were discernible below, while we unimpeded sped on swift and secure, as a wild swan in his spring-tide flight. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- And this hill is like a chancre. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- He had hired a lodging for the present in Covent Garden, and he took the nearest way to that quarter, by Snow Hill and Holborn. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Before we were out on the clear road behind the hill the sun was down. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Hancock sent a brigade to clear his front of all remnants that might be left of Longstreet's or Hill's commands. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- He went accordingly; and it happened that the time of his arrival coincided with that of Mrs. Yeobright's pause on the hill near the house. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- In the valley, near the Acropolis, (the square-topped hill before spoken of,) Athens itself could be vaguely made out with an ordinary lorgnette. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Mounting, Sola upon one beast, and Dejah Thoris behind me upon the other, we rode from the city of Thark through the hills to the south. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- He must have been one of a patrol scattered out in these hills. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Of course we are very careful and we make no disturbance in these hills. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- There are many men here now in the hills. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- It is well watered, and its affluent vegetation gains effect by contrast with the barren hills that tower on either side. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- A little further on, I passed the boy crouching for shelter under the lee of the sand hills. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- There was a gunsmith in Utica, and he walked there, fifteen miles over the hills, to have his barrel finished. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- It moved entirely under its own power, could climb hills and could travel on the level road at speeds which had never before been exhibited by vehicles of that type. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- His family is as old as the hills, and infinitely more respectable. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- It blows over the--ha--Surrey hills. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- We caught them and passed them and turned off on a road that climbed up into the hills. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- He was never too good at getting about and he was conductor of a tram and that is not the best preparation for the hills. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- That they can ascend and descend hills of considerable elevation, with facility and safety. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- It was one of the oldest farms in the neighbourhood, situated in a solitary, sheltered spot, inland at the junction of two hills. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- There is the dark then to come and from wherever we are in these hills, I can reach and do the bridge at daylight. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
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