hill en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- [hɪɫ] (Received-Pronunciation, US)
- [hɪʊ̯] l-vocalizing: UK, Australia, New Zealand
- hĭl
- /hɪl/
- (US) audio
- [hɪo̯] l-vocalizing: UK, Australia, New Zealand
Etymology
From Middle English hil (“hill”), from Old English hyll (“hill”), from Proto-West Germanic *hulli (“hill”), from Proto-Germanic *hulliz (“hill”), from Proto-Indo-European *kl̥Hnís (“top, hill, rock”) (compare also Proto-Germanic *halluz (“stone, rock”)). Cognate with Middle Dutch hille, hulle (“hill”), Low German hull (“hill”), Faroese hólur (“hill”), Icelandic and Old Norse hóll (“hill”), Norn hul (“hillock”), Norwegian hol (“low hillock”), Swedish kulle (“hill”), Catalan coll (“hill”), Italian colle (“hill”), Latin collis (“hill”), Lithuanian kalnas (“hill, mountain”), Albanian kallumë (“big pile, tall heap”), Russian холм (xolm, “hill”), Old English holm (“rising land, island”). More at holm.
Meanings
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An elevated landmass smaller than a mountain.
Jack and Gill Went up the hill, To fetch a bottle of water.
1795, Gammer Gurton's Garland, or, The Nursery Parnassus, Stockton: R. Christopher, page 51:The park is sheltered from the wind by a hill to the east.
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.
1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, chapter IV, in Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
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A sloping part of a landscape, especially one with a road, trail, etc.
You need to pick up speed to get up the hill that's coming up.
- (US) A heap of earth surrounding a plant.
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(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
- The pitcher’s mound.
- The raised portion of the surface of a vinyl record.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| hills | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds (first 500 of 557)
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Wittenoom Hills · Pine Hill · Castle Hill · Violet Hill · Yandoit Hills · Laurel Hill · Endeavour Hills · Rocky Hills · West Hill · Marley Hill · Brown Hill · Upper Hill · Stoters Hill · Far Hills · Goose Hill · hillscape · Farmington Hills · Commonwealth Hill · forhill · Wick Hill · Polish Hill River · Tolmans Hill · Gravelly Hill · Shippea Hill · Gifford Hill · hill-station · Bonny Hills · Bass Hill · Round Hill · Park Hill · One Tree Hill · Rock Hill · Clifton Hill · Chapel Hill · Rocky Hill · downhill · Daggar Hills · Pennant Hills · sandhiller · Pine Hills · hilling · Wembley Hill · Knights Hill · Quantock Hills · Boxwood Hill · Lawn Hill · Chandlers Hill · Harrow on the Hill · Fernhill · Hedley on the Hill · Napton on the Hill · hillish · Adelaide Hills · Sandhill Lake · muckhill · Merry Hill · Farrants Hill · Holly Hill · Dulwich Hill · Boerum Hill · hill station · North Hill · Hill of Down · Christmas Hill · Richmond Hill · Box Hill North · Karroun Hill · Mays Hill · Walter Hill · Haverton Hill · Pyramid Hill · Cecil Hills · Orchard Hills · Stake Hill · Wellesley Hills · O'Briens Hill · Fishers Hill · Gledswood Hills · mole hill · Hilldale · Hotchley Hill · hill-topping · Girards Hill · Onkaparinga Hills · Grasstree Hill · hillwalking · Ferny Hills · Cherry Tree Hill · Staple Hill and Mangotsfield · common hill myna · Victoria Hill · Aurora Hill · hill censer · Tighes Hill · dunghill · Snob Hill · Seven Hills · Villa Hills · Low Hill · hillshade · Grange Hill · Lavers Hill · Dunham-on-the-Hill · underhill · Saddle Hills County · Forty Hill · Forest Hills · Snow Hill · Bakery Hill · Grove Hill · Shooters Hill · Caelian Hill · hill of beans · Cannon Hill · hillside · dwarf-hill · Baulkham Hills · Witham on the Hill · Green Hills · hill chain · Gormans Hill · Salt Hill · hillsman · Morn Hill · O'Halloran Hill · Tile Hill · Riverhills · Leith Hill · Merungle Hill · Bowhill · Macquarie Hills · West Pennant Hills · molehill · Winchmore Hill · hill start · city on a hill · Sellicks Hill · anthill · hill climbing · city upon a hill · Ormeau Hills · Towers Hill · Greenhill · Chestnut Hill · Barton Hill · Hillsville · Cheetham Hill · Alabama Hills · Richland Hills · hill fire · Bakers Hill · East Windsor Hill · Wilsons Hill · Brierley Hill · Sevenhill · Summer Hill · Rose Hills · Birley with Upper Hill · Forest Hill · McKenzie Hill · Helens Hill · Hillgrove · Cobbs Hill · Mosquito Hill · light on the hill · Kents Hill · hill partridge · Manna Hill · Bald Hills · Sri Lanka hill myna · Hill of Fearn · bunny hill · Gringley on the Hill · hill rat · hillslope · Home Hill · Eden Hills · Hillsdale · Cambrian Hill · old as the hills · Rochester Hills · Greenhills · Quarry Hill · Bayston Hill · Minden Hills · Big Hill · Langdons Hill · Marble Hill · Tara Hills · Spring Hill · Tuart Hill · Oakden Hills · hill country blues · Para Hills West · hilltown · Hilltown · Strawberry Hill · Cheviot Hills · Taylors Hill · hill myna · The Hill · Malvern Hills · Marcus Hill · Mallee Hills · Mount Hill · Clear Hills County · Constitution Hill · Toys Hill · Bonnet Hill · midden-hill · Hamilton Hill · unhill · Headington Hill · Hill End · hilltribe · hillwoman · Hill River · Brownlow Hill · dung-hill · Muswell Hill · Broomehill Village · Bush Hill Park · Granada Hills · Gedney Hill · hillcraft · Tilton on the Hill · Copley Hill · Sandy Hill · Mossley Hill · gravity hill · South Hill · Hunter's Hill · Childs Hill · Chiltern Hills · Redhill Farms · Streatham Hill · Fern Hill · Edgehill · Biggin Hill · Townhill · Cumberland Hill · Gregory Hills · Terrey Hills · Flagstaff Hill · Trent Hills · Rileys Hill · Heath Hill · head for the hills · Box Hill · McDougalls Hill · Daisy Hill · Corbie Hill · Gants Hill · Junction Hill · Vernon Hills · Old Hill · Currans Hill · Meikleville Hill · Carnes Hill · Swan Hill · Ley Hill · Smoky Hills · White Hills · Hillwood · uphill · Howqua Hills · Sudbury Hill · Rosehill · Batasan Hills · hill-like · Edge Hill · Gipsy Hill · Hampton Hill · Bell Post Hill · Tulse Hill · Peak Hill · Fairy Hill · McKees Hill · Redhill · Johnsons Hill · Notting Hill · Hillside · Green Hill · mute-hill · Gooseberry Hill · Leydens Hill · Caterham on the Hill · Pentland Hills · hillward · Sydenham Hill · Cartwrights Hill · sandhill · Chapman Hill · Golden Hills · Brandy Hill · ant-hill · Highgate Hill · Viminal Hill · University Hills · Clarkes Hill · Boustead Hill · Smoky Hill · Barrow Hill · Telegraph Hill · Depot Hill · Bellevue Hill · Northwood Hills · Yawong Hills · Red Sea Hills · West Hills · Burnt Hills · Tower Hill · Sheep Hills · Ward Hill · Surrey Hills · Summerhill · Long Hill · Kenmore Hills · Woodland Hills · Woodhill · over hill and dale · Stroud Hill · hill-holder · Christmas Hills · Green Hills Range · Hill City · Bardon Hill · Elizabeth Hills · Broken Hill · hillstream · Kurrajong Hills · Warren Hill · Manhasset Hills · Hallelujah Hills · Blue Hill · Quakers Hill · Elton on the Hill · Buckhurst Hill · Turners Hill · Mars Hill · Laurentian Hills · Wivenhoe Hill · hillspeople · Blackford Hill · Hough-on-the-Hill · hillman · Eden Hill · Hill Chorlton · Sunnybank Hills · Callow Hill · hilllike · Leonards Hill · Gordon Hill · Cross Hills · Pin Gin Hill · hillwalker · Parliament Hill · king of the hill · Chester Hill · Pony Hills · Winston Hills · Drexel Hill · Mango Hill · Acacia Hills · Barrack Hill · hilltop · Clapton-on-the-Hill · Guys Hill · Alexandra Hills · East Hills · Hillbank · Esquiline Hill · hillclimb · Beaumont Hills · Moonies Hill · hill-troll · Hatter Hill · Bedford Hills · Breedon on the Hill · Dudden Hill · Argents Hill · Beverly Hills · Friendly Hills · hill to die on · Marshfield Hills · Crews Hill · hillcrest · Rouse Hill · Morton on the Hill · Thorpe on the Hill · Berry Hill · Devon Hills · Lawrence Hill · Robin Hill · Tutt Hill · Pleasant Hills · Mill Hill · Diamond Hill · Briar Hill · Hill Top · sidehill · Quezon Hill · Magsaysay Hills · Murray Hill · yellow hill ant · Dix Hills · Pinjarra Hills · Panton Hill · Cherry Hill · Bielsdown Hills · Hambledon Hill · Bornes Hill · Summer Hill Creek · hillclimber · Brockley Hill · hillfolk · Port Hills · hillwards · up hill and down dale · Churchill · Short Hills · North Hills · over the hill · Wattle Hill · hill climb · Lords Hill · Catherine Hill Bay · Vestavia Hills · McGraths Hill
Hyponyms
toman (elevation) · hillock (elevation)
Translations (333)
ary تل (elevated location) · pot kwetak (elevated location) · drg bburul (elevated location) · mr टेकडी (elevated location) · la collis (elevated location) · esu penguq (elevated location) · chy hoéhose (elevated location) · az təpə (elevated location) · hi गिरि (elevated location) · wyi ngarrak (elevated location) · ka ბორა (elevated location) · gur tãŋa class 3/4 (elevated location) · nv yílkʼid (elevated location) · fj buke (elevated location) · mww roob (elevated location) · ast peña (elevated location) · hil bakolod (elevated location) · bo རི་ཆུང་ཆུང་ (elevated location) · vo lubel (elevated location) · ja 坂 (sloping road) · fi kukkula (elevated location) · es otero (elevated location) · cy rhiw (elevated location) · gl penela (elevated location) · mk рид (elevated location) · gl corga (elevated location) · an tozal (elevated location) · my တောင် (elevated location) · gl oután (elevated location) · tih bulur (elevated location) · gl gomelón (elevated location) · tt калкулык (elevated location) · sk vrch (elevated location) · de Steigung (steepness) · fr colline (elevated location) · cu брѣгъ (elevated location) · fi mäki (sloping road) · scn muntarozzu (heap of earth surrounding a plant) · vo sabalubel (elevated location) · gl cemba (elevated location) · ilo turod (elevated location) · ast cerru (elevated location) · ast llomba (elevated location) · fo heyggjur (elevated location) · ta மலை (elevated location) · eo altaĵo (elevated location) · ebk filig (elevated location) · mt għolja (elevated location) · lt kalva (elevated location) · is hæð (elevated location) · mi puke (elevated location) · lmw páwih (elevated location) · ill palau (elevated location) · kxd bukit (elevated location) · nl heuvel (elevated location) · pot bgëwdenawas (elevated location) · tg теппа (elevated location) · gl castrelo (elevated location) · mrj кырык (elevated location) · es loma (elevated location) · zlw-ocs břěh (elevated location) · scn munti (elevated location) · ast collada (elevated location) · oc puèg (elevated location) · te గుట్ట (elevated location) · ebk fib-ilig (elevated location) · eu gain (elevated location) · arz تل (elevated location) · nap toppa (elevated location) · de Hang (sloping road) · pa ਪਹਾੜੀ (elevated location) · chr ᎦᏚᏏ (elevated location) · la mons (elevated location) · hy բլուր (elevated location) · km ភ្នំ (elevated location) · pt morro (elevated location) · sh brijȇg (elevated location) · mn дов (elevated location) · iu kingaq (elevated location) · wyi banhul (elevated location) · ru возвыше́ние (elevated location) · sl grič (elevated location) · ast oteru (elevated location) · om tabba (elevated location) · scn pinnenza (steepness) · cy bryn (elevated location) · yi בערגל (elevated location) · km ផ្នូក (elevated location) · nb ås (elevated location) · ofs hegel (elevated location) · gl montículo (elevated location) · ru подъём (sloping road) · bg хълм (elevated location) · ka ბორცვი (elevated location) · is hóll (elevated location) · gd monadh (elevated location) · izh bygrä (elevated location) · av гохӏ (elevated location) · lo ພູເຂົາ (elevated location) · ceb bungtod (elevated location) · ro colină (elevated location) · scn poju (elevated location) · is brekka (elevated location) · ota تپه (elevated location) · my ကုန်းနိမ့် (elevated location) · wyi panmil (elevated location) · gl beán (elevated location) · mww toj (elevated location) · gl bicaño (elevated location) · fr côte (sloping road) · ga cnoc (elevated location) · zza werazi (elevated location) · qu pikchu (elevated location) · cs pahorek (elevated location) · ary هضبة (elevated location) · hu domb (elevated location) · sh бре̑г m брије̑г (elevated location) · tr yokuş (elevated location) · ko 소산 (elevated location) · sa गिरि (elevated location) · mfe kolinn (elevated location) · ca turó (elevated location) · gl maderno (elevated location) · km ទួល (elevated location) · da stigning (steepness) · sco hill (elevated location) · es altozano (elevated location) · fi syöttökumpu (baseball: pitcher's mound) · gl outeiro (elevated location) · sk kopec (elevated location) · ksc takudtud (elevated location) · dtp nulu (elevated location) · ext cerru (elevated location) · eo monteto (elevated location) · nrf mont (elevated location) · cmn 山丘 (elevated location) · el βουναλάκι (heap of earth surrounding a plant) · ur پَہاڑی (elevated location) · sne pungu (elevated location) · pl wzgórze (elevated location) · da bakke (sloping road) · sib murong (elevated location) · ja マウンド (baseball: pitcher's mound) · mel bukit (elevated location) · uk гі́рка (elevated location) · ha tsauni (elevated location) · pl pagórek (elevated location) · twf ną́nemą (elevated location) · kl bakki (elevated location) · pt colina (elevated location) · sib pungu (elevated location) · ky дөбө (elevated location) · gsw Gütsch (elevated location) · ml മല (elevated location) · lo ເນີນ (elevated location) · hi पहाड़ी (elevated location) · uk па́горб (elevated location) · ca puig (elevated location) · so taag (elevated location) · ka გორა (elevated location) · th เนิน (elevated location) · sw kilima (elevated location) · grc βουνός (elevated location) · gd sliabh (elevated location) · sq sukë (elevated location) · pa پَہاڑِی (elevated location) · bsb bukid (elevated location) · vo sturotalubel (elevated location) · sv backe (sloping road) · clt tluo (elevated location) · bdr belud (elevated location) · uz tepalik (elevated location) · ovd uol (elevated location) · css rini (elevated location) · egy q-A-A-q:n (elevated location) · is hlíð (elevated location) · bg възвише́ние (elevated location) · lo ພູ (elevated location) · gag tepä (elevated location) · eu mendixka (elevated location) · scn calata (sloping road) · lv paugurs (elevated location) · ang hyll (elevated location) · lo ໂຄກ (elevated location) · cs vrch (elevated location) · hi पहाड़ (elevated location) · tt үр (elevated location) · sk vŕšok (elevated location) · fi multakumpu (heap of earth surrounding a plant) · scn nclinanzziuni (steepness) · es alcor (elevated location) · gsw Hubel (elevated location) · izh syrjy (elevated location) · scn cugnu (elevated location) · da bakke (elevated location) · ja 盛り土 (heap of earth surrounding a plant) · ko 언덕 (elevated location) · ar تَلّ (elevated location) · scn cugnu (sloping road) · hil bangilid (sloping road) · gl cuíña (elevated location) · gl lombeiro (elevated location) · es lomada (elevated location) · oma qe (elevated location) · ta குன்று (elevated location) · got 𐌷𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌽𐌴 (elevated location) · ce гу (elevated location) · gl galaio (elevated location) · gl touticeira (elevated location) · xdq гатт (elevated location) · lo ໂນນ (elevated location) · gsw Büel (elevated location) · su pasir (elevated location) · sq kodër (elevated location) · pot bkotnyawas (elevated location) · tr tepe (elevated location) · it colle (elevated location) · tl burol (elevated location) · ml കുന്ന് (elevated location) · ebk naksop ay chontog (elevated location) · ru высота́ (elevated location) · ky дөңсөө (elevated location) · ru го́рка (elevated location) · txb ṣale (elevated location) · mhr курык (elevated location) · eu muino (elevated location) · ms bukit (elevated location) · id bukit (elevated location) · be паго́рак (elevated location) · ja 丘 (elevated location) · dlm muncial (elevated location) · uk паго́рок (elevated location) · bal دک (elevated location) · th ภูเขา (elevated location) · br torgenn (elevated location) · zza qere (steepness) · kqr sokid (elevated location) · uga 𐎂𐎁𐎓 (elevated location) · nap puojo (elevated location) · dsb górka (elevated location) · es collado (elevated location) · it collina (elevated location) · el κλίση (sloping road) · lo ເຂົາ (elevated location) · ar هَضْبَة (elevated location) · mvv tirong (elevated location) · he גִּבְעָה (elevated location) · scn coḍḍi (elevated location) · fy heuvel (elevated location) · gur tãŋa sore class 7/8 (sloping road) · cic onchaba (elevated location) · fa-ira تَپِّه (elevated location) · mi rangaranga (elevated location) · sv kulle (elevated location) · lb Hiwwel (elevated location) · gl toutizo (elevated location) · gl penelo (elevated location) · es cerro (elevated location) · an pueyo (elevated location) · mn өндөрлөг (elevated location) · et mägi (elevated location) · cho nʋnih (elevated location) · he תֵּל (elevated location) · uz o‘r (elevated location) · es colina (elevated location) · ko 북 (heap of earth surrounding a plant) · vo tailalubel (elevated location) · gd cnoc (elevated location) · cs kopec (elevated location) · sv höjd (elevated location) · tk depe (elevated location) · crh bayır (elevated location) · tli gooch (elevated location) · ru холм (elevated location) · inh гув (elevated location) · se borri (elevated location) · zza werazi (sloping road) · ifk duntug (elevated location) · pl wzniesienie (sloping road) · as পাহাৰ (elevated location) · zza gomek (heap of earth surrounding a plant) · fi mäki (elevated location) · et küngas (elevated location) · te కొండ (elevated location) · gl tarouxolo (elevated location) · hu kisebb hegy (elevated location) · el λόφος (elevated location) · evn урэкэн (elevated location) · th เนินเขา (elevated location) · gag yılma (elevated location) · kk төбе (elevated location) · sh бр̏до (elevated location) · syl ꠙꠣꠀꠠ (elevated location) · trk-oat دَپَه (elevated location) · de Steigung (sloping road) · fi kumpu (elevated location) · ru приго́рок (elevated location) · scn cozzu (elevated location) · scn scinnuta (sloping road) · mba bongtod (elevated location) · kw bre (elevated location) · ro deal (elevated location) · ru спуск (sloping road) · tab тепе (elevated location) · zza gedug (diq) (elevated location) · de Hügel (elevated location) · be го́рка (elevated location) · sh bȑdo (elevated location) · ckb گرد (elevated location) · mnc ᠮᡠᡥᡠ (elevated location) · tl bangin (sloping road) · de Anstieg (steepness) · pl górka (elevated location) · sh brȇg (elevated location) · vi đồi (elevated location) · scn munzeḍḍu (heap of earth surrounding a plant) · pl kopiec (elevated location) · my တောင်ကုန်း (elevated location) · ko 산언덕 (elevated location) · cu ⰱⱃⱑⰳⱏ (elevated location) · ja 小山 (elevated location) · cmn 小山 (elevated location) · bn পাহাড় (elevated location) · sne dorod (elevated location) · la clivus (elevated location) · io kolino (elevated location) · ka სერი (elevated location) · sl hrib (elevated location) · tum phili (elevated location) · ja 傾き (steepness) · gl lomba (elevated location) · ar أَكَمَة (elevated location) · es lomba (elevated location)