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hill

[ hil ]
/ hɪl /
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noun
verb (used with object)
to surround with hills: to hill potatoes.
to form into a hill or heap.
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Idioms about hill

    go over the hill, Slang.
    1. to break out of prison.
    2. to absent oneself without leave from one's military unit.
    3. to leave suddenly or mysteriously: Rumor has it that her husband has gone over the hill.
    over the hill,
    1. relatively advanced in age.
    2. past one's prime.

Origin of hill

before 1000; Middle English; Old English hyll; cognate with Middle Dutch hille,Latin collis hill; compare Latin culmen top, peak (see column, culminate), celsus lofty, very high, Gothic hallus rock, Lithuanian kálnas mountain, Greek kolōnós hill, kolophṓn summit (see colophon)

OTHER WORDS FROM hill

hiller, nounun·der·hill, noun

Other definitions for hill (2 of 2)

Hill
[ hil ]
/ hɪl /

noun
Ambrose Pow·ell [pou-uhl], /ˈpaʊ əl/, 1825–65, Confederate general in the U.S. Civil War.
Archibald Viv·i·an [viv-ee-uhn], /ˈvɪv i ən/, 1886–1977, English physiologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1922.
James Jerome, 1838–1916, U.S. railroad builder and financier, born in Canada.
Joe, 1879–1915, U.S. labor organizer and songwriter, born in Sweden.
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British Dictionary definitions for hill (1 of 2)

hill
/ (hɪl) /

noun
verb (tr)
to form into a hill or mound
to cover or surround with a mound or heap of earth
See also hills

Derived forms of hill

hiller, nounhilly, adjective

Word Origin for hill

Old English hyll; related to Old Frisian holla head, Latin collis hill, Low German hull hill

British Dictionary definitions for hill (2 of 2)

Hill
/ (hɪl) /

noun
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Other Idioms and Phrases with hill

hill

see downhill all the way; go downhill; head for (the hills); make a mountain out of a molehill; not worth a dime (hill of beans); old as Adam (the hills); over the hill.

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