1. Noun
A natural elevation of land, or a mass of earth rising above the common level of the surrounding land; an eminence less than a mountain.
2. Noun
The earth raised about the roots of a plant or cluster of plants. [U. S.] See Hill, v. t.
3. Verb
A single cluster or group of plants growing close together, and having the earth heaped up about them; as, a hill of corn or potatoes.
4. Verb
To surround with earth; to heap or draw earth around or upon; as, to hill corn.
5. Noun
structure consisting of an artificial heap or bank usually of earth or stones; "they built small mounds to hide behind"
Vocabulary classified under Literature and rhetoric
6. Noun
a local and well-defined elevation of the land; "they loved to roam the hills of West Virginia"
Vocabulary classified under Nature and environment
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