HILLS

Proper noun

Hills (plural Hillses)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Hills is the 2608th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 13829 individuals. Hills is most common among White (63.95%) and Black/African American (30.34%) individuals.

Anagrams

• shill

Noun

hills

plural of hill

Verb

hills

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hill

Anagrams

• shill

Source: Wiktionary


HILL

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



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