hill

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Job, however, assured me that it would be impossible as the hill was altogether too steep and slippery.

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  1. noun A well-defined natural elevation smaller than a mountain.
  2. noun A small heap, pile, or mound.
  3. noun A mound of earth piled around and over a plant.

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  • Mounting, he galloped off, followed by the rest of his gang on foot The party on the hill were at first doubtful whether they ought to follow the fugitives, as Desmond had suggested. —  The Three Commanders
  • Now, how do we begin upon the chart Well," said Dick, "to be of any use it must be tolerably accurate, and drawn to scale; and the top of this hill is admirably adapted for our purpose. —  Two Gallant Sons of Devon A Tale of the Days of Queen Bess
  • The unsupported guns and the disaffected regiments on the hill were the only portions of his force left outside the męlée_. —  The Path to Honour
  • On the top of the hill is a rather spacious plain, and in the midst of this there rises a temple built with wondrous art G.M. Tell on, I pray you! —  The City of the Sun
  • At the top of the hill was the Grande Place, where stood the ancient church, the market-place, the municipal buildings, and the houses of the better class It was at the top of the hill, where there was a great stone cross, that the women and children collected to watch for the returning boats. —  Chatterbox, 1906
 

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mountain ·  valley ·  rock ·  slope ·  road ·  river ·  island ·  land ·  wall ·  bank ·  field ·  peak

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Etymologies (5)

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  1. Middle English hil, from Old English hyll; see kel-2 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Early modern English also hil, hille, hyll, hylle, etc.; from Middle English hil, hyl hul, plural hilles, etc., from Anglo-Saxon hyll = Middle Dutch hil, hille = Latin collis = Lithuanian kalnas, a hill; with orig. suffix -na, from a root seen also in Anglo-Saxon healm, English halm, a stalk, Latin culmus, a stalk, Latin culmen, columen, the top, summit, celsus, high, etc.: see halm, culminate, column, excel, etc. Not connected with (1) Icelandic hōll (= Norwegian hol), a hill, which is a contr. of hvoll, for older hvāll, a hill; nor with (2) D. heuvel = Middle High German G. hübel, a hill; nor with (3) G. hügel, akin to English how, a hill; nor with (4) Icelandic hilla, a shelf, hjalli, a shelf or ledge in a mountain's side.
  2. from hill, n.
  3. Also hile, cover over, as plants, from Middle English hillen, hyllen, hilen, hulen, from Anglo-Saxon *hulian (not found), cover, hide, = Old Saxon bi-hulljan, cover, = Dutch hullen, cap, mask, disguise, = German ver-hüllen, wrap up, cover, veil, hide, = Icelandic hylja, cover, hide, = Swedish hölja, cover, veil, = Danish hylle, wrap, = Gothic (Moesogothic) huljan, cover, hide; a causal verb, from the noun representing by Anglo-Saxon hulu, English hull (see hull), and ult. from the verb representing by Anglo-Saxon helan, Middle English helen, cover: see heal and conceal.
  4. English dial., = heel, from Middle English hilden, from Anglo-Saxon hyldan, tilt, incline: see heeld, heel.
 

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