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
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
