hill

hill
hill [hil]
n.
[ME < OE hyll, akin to MDu hille < IE base * kel-, to project, rise high > L collis, hill, Gr kolophōn, peak]
1. a natural raised part of the earth's surface, often rounded and smaller than a mountain
2. a small pile, heap, or mound [an anthill]
3.
a) a small mound of soil heaped over or around plants and tubers [a hill of potatoes]
b) the plant or plants rooted in such a mound
vt.
1. to shape into or like a hill
2. to cover with a HILL (sense 3a)
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over the hill Informal
1. absent without permission; AWOL
2. in one's decline
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the Hill
CAPITOL HILL
hiller
n.

English World dictionary. . 2014.

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Synonyms:
(less than a mountain), , ,


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