mound, hill
(noun) structure consisting of an artificial heap or bank usually of earth or stones; “they built small mounds to hide behind”
mound, hill, pitcher's mound
(noun) (baseball) the slight elevation on which the pitcher stands
hill
(noun) a local and well-defined elevation of the land; “they loved to roam the hills of West Virginia”
Hill, Benny Hill, Alfred Hawthorne
(noun) risque English comedian (1925-1992)
Hill, J. J. Hill, James Jerome Hill
(noun) United States railroad tycoon (1838-1916)
hill
(verb) form into a hill
Source: WordNet® 3.1
hill (plural hills)
An elevated location smaller than a mountain.
A sloping road.
(US) A heap of earth surrounding a plant.
(US) A single cluster or group of plants growing close together, and having the earth heaped up about them.
(baseball) The pitcher’s mound.
• (elevation): hillock, toman (smaller hills)
hill (third-person singular simple present hills, present participle hilling, simple past and past participle hilled)
To form into a heap or mound.
To heap or draw earth around plants.
Hill
(US, with "the") Capitol Hill; the US Congress
(Canada, with "the") Parliament Hill; the Parliament of Canada; the parliamentary precinct in Ottawa as opposed to parliamentary functions elsewhere in the country
A topographic surname for someone who lived on or by a hill.
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Hill is the 39th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 434,827 individuals. Hill is most common among White (64.4%) and Black/African American (29.1%) individuals.
Source: Wiktionary
Hill, n. Etym: [OE. hil, hul, AS. hyll; akin to OD. hille, hil, L. collis, and prob. to E. haulm, holm, and column. Cf. 2d Holm.]
1. A natural elevation of land, or a mass of earth rising above the common level of the surrounding land; an eminence less than a mountain. Every mountain and hill shall be made low. Is. xl. 4.
2. The earth raised about the roots of a plant or cluster of plants. [U. S.] See Hill, v. t.
3. A single cluster or group of plants growing close together, and having the earth heaped up about them; as, a hill of corn or potatoes. [U. S.] Hill ant (Zoöl.), a common ant (Formica rufa), of Europe and America, which makes mounds or ant-hills over its nests.
– Hill myna (Zoöl.), one of several species of birds of India, of the genus Gracula, and allied to the starlings. They are easily taught to speak many words. [Written also hill mynah.] See Myna.
– Hill partridge (Zoöl.), a partridge of the genus Aborophila, of which numerous species in habit Southern Asia and the East Indies.
– Hill tit (Zoöl.), one of numerous species of small Asiatic singing birds of the family Leiotrichidæ. Many are beautifully colored.
Hill, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hilled; p. pr. & vb. n. Hilling.]
Definition: To surround with earth; to heap or draw earth around or upon; as, to hill corn. Showing them how to plant and hill it. Palfrey.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 May 2025
(noun) the property of being directional or maintaining a direction; “the directionality of written English is from left to right”
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