hill

hill
—hiller, n.
/hil/, n.
1. a natural elevation of the earth's surface, smaller than a mountain.
2. an incline, esp. in a road: This old jalopy won't make it up the next hill.
3. an artificial heap, pile, or mound: a hill made by ants.
4. a small mound of earth raised about a cultivated plant or a cluster of such plants.
5. the plant or plants so surrounded: a hill of potatoes.
6. Baseball. mound1 (def. 4).
7. go over the hill, Slang.
a. to break out of prison.
b. to absent oneself without leave from one's military unit.
c. to leave suddenly or mysteriously: Rumor has it that her husband has gone over the hill.
8. over the hill,
a. relatively advanced in age.
b. past one's prime.
9. the Hill. See Capitol Hill.
v.t.
10. to surround with hills: to hill potatoes.
11. to form into a hill or heap.
[bef. 1000; ME; OE hyll; c. MD hille, L collis hill; cf. L culmen top, peak (see COLUMN, CULMINATE), celsus lofty, very high, Goth hallus rock, Lith kálnas mountain, Gk kolonós hill, kolophón summit (see COLOPHON)]
Syn. 1. eminence, prominence; mound, knoll, hillock; foothill.
Ant. 1. hollow, valley.

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(as used in expressions)
Bunker Hill Battle of
Hill David Octavius and Robert Adamson
Hill James Jerome
Hill Joe
Hill painting

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