hill /hil/

1. A high mass of land, smaller than a mountain
2. A mound
3. An incline on a road

1. To form into a hill
2. To bank up (sometimes for hele)

hilled adjective

Having hills

hillˈiness noun

hillˈock noun

A small hill

hillˈocky adjective

hillˈy adjective

Full of hills

hillˈbilly noun (N American)

1. A rustic of the hill country
2. Any unsophisticated person
3. Country music

Of or relating to hillbillies

hillˈ-digger noun

A rifler of sepulchral barrows, etc

hillˈfolk or hillˈmen plural noun

1. People living or hiding among the hills
2. The Scottish sect of Cameronians
3. The Covenanters generally

hillˈ-fort noun

1. A fort on a hill
2. A prehistoric stronghold on a hill

hillˈ-pasture noun

hillˈside noun

The slope of a hill

hill station noun

A government station in the hills, esp of N India

hillˈtop noun

The summit of a hill

hillˈwalker noun

hillˈwalking noun

hill and dale (obsolete; of a gramophone record)

With vertical groove undulations

old as the hills (informal)

Immeasurably old

over the hill (informal)

1. Past one's highest point of efficiency, success, etc
2. On the downgrade
3. Past the greatest difficulty

• underbidding
• underbids
• underbit
• underbite
• underbites
• underbiting
• underbitten
• underblanket
• underblankets
• under-board
• underbodies
• underbody
• under-bonnet
• underbore
• underborne
• underbough
• underboughs
• underbought
• under-boy
• under-boys
• underbreath
• underbreaths
• underbred
• underbridge
• underbridges