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hill

Noun CEFR B1 Frequent
hɪl

Definitions

  1. An elevated landmass smaller than a mountain.
  2. An elevated landmass smaller than a mountain
  3. Capitol Hill; the US Congress
    US, with-definite-article
  4. Past one's prime.
  5. A sloping road.
  6. A sloping road
  7. Parliament Hill; the Parliament of Canada; the parliamentary precinct in Ottawa as opposed to parliamentary functions elsewhere in the country
    Canada, with-definite-article
  8. choline
  9. over the hill, advanced in age; past one's prime.
  10. A heap of earth surrounding a plant
  11. A heap of earth surrounding a plant.
    US
  12. A topographic surname from Middle English for someone who lived on or by a hill.
  13. To put into a disordered pile:bank, drift, heap, lump, mound, pile (up), stack.
  14. A single cluster or group of plants growing close together, and having the earth heaped up about them
  15. A single cluster or group of plants growing close together, and having the earth heaped up about them.
    US
  16. A number of places:
  17. A town in Merrimack County, New Hampshire, United States.
  18. a small hill. koppie, bultjie تَلَّه، أكَمَه хълмче outeiro kopeček kleiner Hügel lille bakke λοφίσκος altozano, collado; montículo künkake, kinguke تپه كوچك kumpare butteתלולית टीला humak, brežuljak dombocska gundukan hóll collinetta 小さい丘 작은 언덕 kalvelė paugurs anak bukit heuveltjeliten bakkepagórek كوچني تپه outeiro deal mic холмик kopček hribček brežuljak kulle, hög เนินเขาเล็กๆ tepecik, tümsek 小丘 горбик, пагорок چھوٹی سی بہاڑی cồn; đụn 小丘
  19. The pitcher’s mound
  20. The pitcher’s mound.
  21. A town in Price County, Wisconsin, United States.
  22. having many hills. hilly country. heuwelagtig كثير التِلال хълмист montanhoso kopcovitý hügelig bakket λοφώδηςmontañoso mägine پست و بلند mäkinen montagneux הֲרָרִי पर्वतीय bregovit, brežuljkast, pun humaka dombos berbukit-bukit hæðóttur collinare 起伏にとんだ 구릉이 많은 kalvotas paugurains berbukit-bukit heuvelrijk kupert, bakketgórzysty كوچنۍ غونډۍ، وړه غونډۍ، غونډۍ montanhoso deluros холмистый kopcovitý hribovit brdovit kullig, kuperad, backig ซึ่งเต็มไปด้วยเนิน tepelik 丘陵起伏的 пагористий کوہی، پہاڑوں...
  23. The raised portion of the surface of a vinyl record.
  24. A small village and civil parish (without a council) in South Gloucestershire district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref ST6495).
  25. the side or slope of a hill. The hillside was covered with new housing. hang, helling جانِب التَّلّه склон encosta úbočí der Hang skrænt; bakkeskråning λοφοπλαγιάladera mäenõlv دامنه كوه rinne coteauמורד पहाडी़ की ढा़ल obronak brda hegyoldal lereng hlíð, brekka pendio/fianco di colle 丘の斜面 언덕의 사면 šlaitas, atšlaitė kalna nogāze lereng bukit hellingskråning, li, skrentstok دغونډۍ لمن، دغونډۍ اړخ encosta coas­tă de deal склон холма úbočie pobočje strana brda sluttning, backe ลาดเขา dağ eteği 山坡 с...
  26. A hamlet in Leamington Hastings parish, Rugby borough, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP4567).
  27. A well-defined natural elevation smaller than a mountain.
  28. A suburb near Four Oaks, City of Birmingham, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SP1199).
  29. A small heap, pile, or mound.
  30. A former township in Halesowen, West Midlands, which later became Hill and Cakemore.
  31. A mound of earth piled around and over a plant.
  32. A village in Saundersfoot community, Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SN1206).
  33. An incline, especially of a road; a slope.

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Examples

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.”
You need to pick up speed to get up the hill that's coming up.”
“a hill of corn or potatoes
“Ms. Daviswho at different points in the set called to mind Andrew Hill, Cecil Taylor and Paul Bley, without resorting to mimicryoften led this charge, starting out with a blank canvas and creeping slantwise into a repeatable motif.”

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