hill
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- noun
- /hɪl/
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colina
- We just went up a hill that we usually walk.
- top of the hill
- overlooking the hills
- rocky hill
Then we go beyond the distant hills, let his wisdom flow.
- Then we go beyond the distant hills, let his wisdom flow.
- But I was standing up on the hill, counting the cranes.
- The heiress of Eria, up to the hill to her ruinous house.
- Mine's been stalling out on small hills and especially train tracks.
- It was a small hill out to the north of us.
- Ghost forest roots rots deep in the hill where buried rock is still dry.
- Special Forces camp, we're on like half a hill with the combat engineers.
- Hey, just sitting on this little hill for the debrief.
- You know, now it's just a hill with soil and trees growing on it.
- Attack the hill, attack the hill, attack the hill.
- And so I'm bombing down this hill is so fucking steep.
- You know, this, this business is hills and valleys kind of business.
- Career prospects down the hill, humiliation up the hill.
Examples
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And it's like up on the side of a hill, as you can see.
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The water is coming down from the hill and running near the north wall.
Fiction book (1990) -
- Turn right and go up the hill, driver.
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Grant sat down on the side of the hill and looked at his watch.
Fiction book (1990) -
I was walking up the hill in Manhattan.
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In the lovely hill country south of Berlin.
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It was a small hill out to the north of us.
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The temple itself, rising between two hills, looked like none I'd seen before.
Academic text (2012) -
But I was standing up on the hill, counting the cranes.
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She climbed up the hill to enjoy the stunning view of the valley below.
Synonyms
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2.4
A small upward slope in land or a surface
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1.7
A small raised area of earth or stones
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3.2
A low hill at the base of a mountain
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8.9
A steep hill with a flat top and slanted sides that rises alone from the land
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7.2
A small round hill covered with grass
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3.2
A hill of sand that wind makes near a beach or in a desert
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3.4
A large hill or mountain that rises above land
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9.6
A high rocky hill that stands out in the landscape
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3.8
A low hill made of loose sand often near coasts or in deserts
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5.2
A small low hill with gentle sides
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8.7
A small rounded mound that rises above low ground
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9.6
A small hill covered with trees
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Compounds
- Literature
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4.4
The area in Washington, D.C. where the United States Congress meets and works
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5.3
An old, fashionable neighbourhood in Boston with long rows of brick houses and the state government building
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4.7
An early battle of the American Revolution near Boston in which the British won but suffered heavy losses
A hill in Charlestown, Boston where most of the 1775 Battle of Bunker Hill was fought
A hill near Santiago de Cuba where a major 1898 battle of the Spanish‑American War took place
A large public university in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, known for research
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Etymology
The word hill comes from an old English word that meant 'a rise of ground' or 'mound'. So a hill is a natural, gentle rise of land, lower and less steep than a mountain.