hill

Plural: hills

Noun

a local and well-defined elevation of the land
- "they loved to roam the hills of West Virginia"
structure consisting of an artificial heap or bank usually of earth or stones
United States railroad tycoon (1838-1916)
risque English comedian (1925-1992)
(baseball) the slight elevation on which the pitcher stands
An elevated landmass smaller than a mountain.
A sloping road.
A heap of earth surrounding a plant.
A single cluster or group of plants growing close together, and having the earth heaped up about them.
The pitcher’s mound.
The raised portion of the surface of a vinyl record.

Verb

Verb Forms: hilled, hilling, hills

To form into a mound or ridge, like a hill.
form into a hill
To form into a heap or mound.
To heap or draw earth around plants.

Examples

a hill of corn or potatoes
He decided to HILL his tiles in a strategic pile, anticipating his next move.
The park is sheltered from the wind by a hill to the east.
You need to pick up speed to get up the hill that's coming up.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English hil, from Old English hyll (“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”), Old Norse hóll (“hill”), Latin collis (“hill”), Lithuanian kalnas, Albanian kallumë (“big pile, tall heap”), Russian холм (xolm, “hill”), Old English holm (“rising land, island”). More at holm.

Synonyms

Alfred Hawthorne, Benny Hill, J. J. Hill, James Jerome Hill, mound, pitcher's mound

Antonyms

dale

Scrabble Score: 7

hill: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
hill: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
hill: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 8

hill: valid Words With Friends Word