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hill

Pronunciation: /hɪl/

The English word “hill” has 8 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. An elevated landmass smaller than a mountain.
  2. A sloping part of a landscape, especially one with a road, trail, etc.
  3. A heap of earth surrounding a plant.
  4. A single cluster or group of plants growing close together, and having the earth heaped up about them.
  5. The pitcher’s mound.
  6. The raised portion of the surface of a vinyl record.

verb

  1. To form into a heap or mound.
  2. To heap or draw earth around plants.

Etymology

From Middle English hil (“hill”), from Old English hyll (“hill”), from Proto-West Germanic *hulli (“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”), Faroese hólur (“hill”), Icelandic and Old Norse hóll (“hill”), Norn…

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