to hill
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- verb
- /hɪl/
- Specialized
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- I did hill up my potatoes over there and as you can see, those are the yellow or those are the Redskins.
- hill the soil
Examples
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Whether we put them in, you know, a trench and then hill the trench as the potatoes grow.
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Emerging from this world in the late afternoon, they found themselves in Eunie’s yard where her parents would still be working, hoeing, hilling, or weeding their vegetables.
Fiction book (1994) -
Cause every old gunslinger should know the name of a young gunslinger that's gonna boot hill his ass.
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There used to be a lot more trees on this low-hilled Illinois farmland rolling eastward from the Mississippi River.
Academic text (2005) -
The Chateau sits atop its hilled gardens, framed by a night sky where heavy grey clouds gather oppressively, presaging thunder.
Fiction book (1996) -
To support healthy growth, remember to hill the soil up around the bases of your tomato plants.
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After planting the seeds, don't forget to hill the soil around them to help retain moisture.
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To improve root development, gardeners often hill the dirt around the base of their growing vegetables.
Synonyms
To cover something with a pile of earth to bury and protect it
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- 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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An old, fashionable neighbourhood in Boston with long rows of brick houses and the state government building
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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 as a verb comes from the idea of making a small rise of earth; to 'hill' plants is to heap soil around them. So to hill is to form a little mound of soil around a plant for support or protection.