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Webster 1913 Edition

Hill

Hill

,
Noun.
[OE.
hil
,
hul
, AS.
hyll
; akin to OD.
hille
,
hil
, L.
collis
, and prob. to E.
haulm
,
holm
, and
column
. Cf. 2d
Holm
.]
1.
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.
Every mountain and
hill
shall be made low.
Is. xl. 4.
2.
The earth raised about the roots of a plant or cluster of plants.
[U. S.]
See
Hill
,
Verb.
T.
3.
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
.
[U. S.]
Hill ant
(Zool.)
,
a common ant (
Formica rufa
), of Europe and America, which makes mounds or ant-hills over its nests.
–
Hill myna
(Zool.)
,
one of several species of birds of India, of the genus
Gracula
, and allied to the starlings. They are easily taught to speak many words.
[Written also
hill mynah
.]
See
Myna
.
–
Hill partridge
(Zool.)
,
a partridge of the genus
Aborophila
, of which numerous species in habit Southern Asia and the East Indies.
–
Hill tit
(Zool.)
,
one of numerous species of small Asiatic singing birds of the family
Leiotrichidæ
. Many are beautifully colored.

Hill

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Hilled
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Hilling
.]
To surround with earth; to heap or draw earth around or upon;
as, to
hill
corn
.
Showing them how to plant and
hill
it.
Palfrey.

Webster 1828 Edition

Hill

HILL

,
Noun.
[L. collis.]
1.
A natural elevation of land, or a mass of earth rising above the common level of the surrounding land; an eminence. A hill is less than a mountain, but of no definite magnitude, and is sometimes applied to a mountain. Jerusalem is seated on two hills. Rome stood on seven hills.
2.
A cluster of plants, and the earth raised about them; as a hill of maiz or potatoes.

HILL

,
Verb.
T.
To raise earth about plants; to raise a little mass of earth. Farmers in New England hill their maiz in July.
Hilling is generally the third hoeing.
1.
To cover. [L. celo.]

Definition 2024

Hill

Hill

See also: hill and hil'l'

English

Proper noun

Hill

  1. (US, with "the") Capitol Hill; the US Congress
  2. (Canada, with "the") Parliament Hill; the Parliament of Canada; the parliamentary precinct in Ottawa as opposed to parliamentary functions elsewhere in the country
  3. A topographic surname​ for someone who lived on or by a hill.

hill

hill

See also: Hill and hil'l'

English

Noun

hill ‎(plural hills)

  1. An elevated location smaller than a mountain.
    The park is sheltered from the wind by a hill to the east.‎
    • 1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, OCLC 29686887 , chapter IV:
      So this was my future home, I thought! […] Backed by towering hills, the but faintly discernible purple line of the French boundary off to the southwest, a sky of palest Gobelin flecked with fat, fleecy little clouds, it in truth looked a dear little city; the city of one's dreams.
  2. A sloping road.
    You need to pick up speed to get up the hill that's coming up.‎
  3. (US) A heap of earth surrounding a plant.
  4. (US) A single cluster or group of plants growing close together, and having the earth heaped up about them.
    a hill of corn or potatoes‎
  5. (baseball) The pitcher’s mound.

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Verb

hill ‎(third-person singular simple present hills, present participle hilling, simple past and past participle hilled)

  1. To form into a heap or mound.
  2. To heap or draw earth around plants.
    • 1977, Gene Weltfish, The Lost Universe: Pawnee Life and Culture, page 102:
      After the seeds were inserted, the earth was hilled up all around into a smooth little mound.

Etymology

From Middle English hill, from Old English hyll ‎(“hill”), from Proto-Germanic *hulliz ‎(“stone, rock”), from Proto-Indo-European *kolən-, *koləm- ‎(“top, hill, rock”). Cognate with Middle Dutch hille, hulle ‎(“hill”), Low German hull ‎(“hill”), Icelandic hóll ‎(“hill”), Latin collis ‎(“hill”), Lithuanian kalnas, Albanian kallumë ‎(“big pile, tall heap”), Russian холм ‎(xolm, “hill”), Old English holm ‎(“rising land, island”). More at holm.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hɪl/
  • Rhymes: -ɪl
  • Homophone: heel (in some dialects)

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