hilled; hilling; hills
hiller noun
Examples of hill in a Sentence
Noun She watched the sun set behind the hills. The house was built at the very top of the hill. Our driveway is a long, steep hill. He came barreling down the hill at 65 miles per hour. The plows came and cleared the streets, forming a hill of snow on the street corner. Verb hilled peat moss around the rosebushes to protect them from the freeze
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Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 21 Apr. 2026 The property includes Casa Cuixmala, Goldsmith’s former residence, which is perched on a small hill overlooking a 2-mile private beach, lagoons and mountains. —Carole Dixon, HollywoodReporter, 21 Apr. 2026
Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 13 Apr. 2026 This process is called hilling and creates an area of loose soil where tubers easily form while being shaded from the sun. —Sheryl Geerts, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for hill
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Noun
But at the bottom of a nearby hill, there is also a patch of woods that runs along an old railroad, just large enough, apparently, for a coyote to eke out a living. —Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 21 Apr. 2026 The property includes Casa Cuixmala, Goldsmith’s former residence, which is perched on a small hill overlooking a 2-mile private beach, lagoons and mountains. —Carole Dixon, HollywoodReporter, 21 Apr. 2026
Verb
Leave a few inches at the top of the container to hill the crop later. —Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 13 Apr. 2026 This process is called hilling and creates an area of loose soil where tubers easily form while being shaded from the sun. —Sheryl Geerts, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for hill
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“Hill.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/dictionary/hill. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.
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hill
1 of 2 noun
1
: a usually rounded height of land lower than a mountain
2
: an artificial heap or mound (as of earth)
3
: several seeds or plants planted in a group rather than a row
a hill of beans
hill
2 of 2 verb
1
: to form into a heap
2
: to draw earth around the roots or base of
Biographical Definition
Hill
2 of 4biographical name (2)
Archibald Vivian 1886–1977 English physiologist
Hill
3 of 4biographical name (3)
James Jerome 1838–1916 American (Canadian-born) financier
Hill
4 of 4biographical name (4)
Sir Rowland 1795–1879 English postal reformer
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