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   hill

   /hɪl/

   noun

   • 1. a naturally raised area of land, not as high or craggy as a mountain. Similar high groundrising groundprominenceeminenceelevationrisehillockmoundmountknollhummocktortumpfellpikemesabankridgehogbacksaddlebackwhalebackheightsdownsdownlandfoothillsdrumlininselbergmonadnockwoldbraelawdrumtechnical:buttekoppiebergjebelarchaic:holtOpposite plain
   • ▪ a sloping stretch of road: "they were climbing a steep hill in low gear" Similar sloperisedropinclinegradientelevationacclivitydeclivityascentdescenteminencehillsidehillocksloping groundrising groundOpposite flat ground
   • ▪ a heap or mound of something: "a hill of sliding shingle" Similar heappilestackmassmoundmountainquantityloadricklebingrare:amassment
   • 2. a flock of ruffs: rare "a hill of ruffs looked at from a distance on a sunny day was a very pleasing spectacle"

   verb

   • 1. form (something) into a heap.
   • ▪ bank up (a plant) with soil: "if frost threatens our new plants, we hill them up"

   Word Origin Old Englishhyll, of Germanic origin; from an Indo-European root shared by Latin collis and Greek kolōnos ‘hill’.

   Scrabble Points: 7

   • H

     4

   • I

     1

   • L

     1

   • L

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