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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024hill /hɪl/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Geographya natural elevation of the earth's surface, smaller than a mountain:They learned to ski on a small hill.
- an incline;
slope:a slight hill at the end of the street. - an artificial heap, pile, or mound:a hill of trash.
Idioms- Idioms over the hill, advanced in age or no longer at one's best in performance:a football player over the hill at 35 years of age.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024hill (hil),USA pronunciation n. - Geographya natural elevation of the earth's surface, smaller than a mountain.
- an incline, esp. in a road:This old jalopy won't make it up the next hill.
- an artificial heap, pile, or mound:a hill made by ants.
- Botanya small mound of earth raised about a cultivated plant or a cluster of such plants.
- Botanythe plant or plants so surrounded:a hill of potatoes.
- Sport[Baseball.]mound1 (def. 4).
- Idioms go over the hill, [Slang.]
- to break out of prison.
- to absent oneself without leave from one's military unit.
- to leave suddenly or mysteriously:Rumor has it that her husband has gone over the hill.
- Idioms over the hill:
- relatively advanced in age.
- past one's prime.
- Government the Hill. See Capitol Hill.
v.t. - to surround with hills:to hill potatoes.
- to form into a hill or heap.
- bef. 1000; Middle English; Old English hyll; cognate with Middle Dutch hille, Latin collis hill; compare Latin culmen top, peak (see column, culminate), celsus lofty, very high, Gothic hallus rock, Lithuanian kálnas mountain, Greek kolōnós hill, kolophó̄n summit (see colophon)
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged eminence, prominence; mound, knoll, hillock; foothill.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged hollow, valley.
Hill (hil),USA pronunciation n. Ambrose Pow•ell (pou′əl),USA pronunciation 1825–65, Confederate general in the U.S. Civil War.Archibald Viv•i•an (viv′ē ən),USA pronunciation 1886–1977, English physiologist: Nobel prize for medicine 1922.- Biographical James Jerome, 1838–1916, U.S. railroad builder and financier, born in Canada.
- Biographical Joe, 1879–1915, U.S. labor organizer and songwriter, born in Sweden.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: hill /hɪl/ n - a conspicuous and often rounded natural elevation of the earth's surface, less high or craggy than a mountain
- (in combination): a hillside, a hilltop
- a heap or mound made by a person or animal
- (in combination): a dunghill
- an incline; slope
- over the hill ⇒ informal beyond one's prime
- slang absent without leave or deserting
vb (transitive)- to form into a hill or mound
- to cover or surround with a mound or heap of earth
Etymology: Old English hyll; related to Old Frisian holla head, Latin collis hill, Low German hull hillˈhilly adj Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Hill /hɪl/ n - Archibald Vivian. 1886–1977, British biochemist, noted for his research into heat loss in muscle contraction: shared the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine (1922)
- Damon Graham Devereux, son of Graham Hill. born 1960, British motor-racing driver; Formula One world champion (1996)
- David Octavius 1802–70, Scottish painter and portrait photographer, noted esp for his collaboration with the chemist Robert Adamson (1821–48)
- Geoffrey (William). born 1932, British poet: his books include King Log (1968), Mercian Hymns (1971), The Mystery of the Charity of Charles Péguy (1983), and The Orchards of Syon (2002)
- Graham. 1929–75, British motor-racing driver: world champion (1962, 1968)
- Octavia. 1838–1912, British housing reformer; a founder of the National Trust
- Sir Rowland. 1795–1879, British originator of the penny postage
- Susan (Elizabeth). born 1942, British novelist and writer of short stories: her books include I'm the King of the Castle (1970) The Woman in Black (1983), and Felix Derby (2002)
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