Hill - English meaning

noun

The land alongside or sloping down to a river or lake.

Usage examples:

Willows lined the bank of the stream

verb

Heap (a substance) into a mass or mound.

Usage examples:

The rain banked the soil up behind the gate

verb

Deposit (money or valuables) in a bank.

Usage examples:

She may have banked a cheque in the wrong account

noun

Gently rolling hill country, especially in southern england.

Usage examples:

Late in the 3rd millennium bc, a round barrow was raised over a beaker grave at hemp knoll in the c…

verb

Knock or bring to the ground.

Usage examples:

175 enemy aircraft had been downed

noun

A period of unwelcome experiences or negative mood.

Usage examples:

There had been more downs than ups during his years at the company

noun

A gently rolling hill.

Usage examples:

The gentle green contours of the downs

noun

The action or fact of raising or being raised to a higher or more important level, state, or position.

Usage examples:

Her sudden elevation to the cabinet

noun

Height above the surface of the earth, or an area that is higher than the surrounding land

Usage examples:

[ c ] at higher elevations, the air is colder.

noun

Fame or acknowledged superiority within a particular sphere.

Usage examples:

Her eminence in cinematography

noun

The state of being famous and important

Usage examples:

His eminence as a lawyer

verb

Past of fall.

noun

An amount of timber cut.

noun

A hill or stretch of high moorland, especially in northern england.

Usage examples:

Cross fell

noun

A low hill at the base of a mountain or mountain range.

Usage examples:

The camp lies in the foothills of the andes

noun

A low hill at the base of a mountain or group of mountains

noun

The measurement of someone or something from head to foot or from base to top.

Usage examples:

Columns rising to 65 feet in height

plural noun

High places, or the tops of hills

Usage examples:

Don’t go up there if you’re afraid of heights., fig. stock prices reached new heights yesterday.

noun

A small hill or mound.

Usage examples:

This is the top of pole hill, a wooded hillock in norman tebbitt's old stomping round of chingford.

noun

A small hill

noun

A long hill or mountain ridge with steep sides.

Usage examples:

It wasn't that far of a drive, about ten minutes or so to the other side of the hogback and then fi…

noun

A hillock or knoll.

Usage examples:

They watch for prey from slightly elevated perches such as hummocks, rocks, and fence posts.

noun

A very small hill or raised part of the ground

Usage examples:

A grassy hummock

noun

A small hill or mound.

Usage examples:

A grassy knoll

verb

(of a bell) ring solemnly; knell.

noun

A small hill with a rounded top

noun

An isolated flat-topped hill with steep sides, found in landscapes with horizontal strata.

noun

A rounded mass projecting above a surface.

Usage examples:

The bushes were little more than vague mounds beneath the snow

verb

Heap up into a rounded pile.

Usage examples:

Basmati rice was mounded on our plates

noun

A ball representing the earth, used as part of royal regalia, e.g. on top of a crown, typically of gold and surmounted by a cross.

Usage examples:

The importance of this conclusion to brook was that it seemed to supply evidence that there had bee…

verb

Climb up (stairs, a hill, or other rising surface).

Usage examples:

He mounted the steps

noun

A backing or setting on which a photograph, gem, or work of art is set for display.

Usage examples:

A decorated photograph mount

noun

A mountain or hill (archaic except in place names).

Usage examples:

Mount etna

noun

A long-bodied predatory freshwater fish with a pointed snout and large teeth, of both eurasia and north america.

Usage examples:

Being the main apex predator found in freshwaters, pike are not as common as other fish.

verb

Kill or thrust (someone) through with a pike.

Usage examples:

Many prisoners were taken out and piked

noun

Short for turnpike.

noun

The state of being important, famous, or noticeable.

Usage examples:

She came to prominence as an artist in the 1960s

noun

The state of being easily seen or well known

Usage examples:

Most of the papers give prominence to (= put in a noticeable position) the same story this morning.…

noun

A long, narrow hilltop, mountain range, or watershed.

Usage examples:

The north-east ridge of everest

verb

Mark with or form into narrow raised bands.

Usage examples:

A field ploughed in narrow stretches that are ridged up slightly

noun

A long, narrow, raised part of a surface, esp. a high edge of a hill or mountain

Usage examples:

A mountain ridge, plowed ridges looked like stripes across the field.

verb

Move from a lower position to a higher one; come or go up.

Usage examples:

The tiny aircraft rose from the ground

noun

An upward movement; an instance of rising.

Usage examples:

The bird has a display flight of steep flapping rises

verb

Move upward

noun

A tower roof which has two opposite gables connected by a pitched section.

Usage examples:

Working within the constraints of strict planning codes, which imposing the style of local farmhous…

noun

A hill or rocky peak.

Usage examples:

Glastonbury tor

noun

A large piece or area of rock that sticks up from a hill, or the hill itself

noun

A small rounded hill or mound; a tumulus.

Usage examples:

Harvested fruit was stored in tumps in the orchard to soften a little before being taken to the mill.

noun

A thing that is shaped like a whale's back, especially an arched structure over the bow or stern part of the deck of a steamer, or a large elongated hill.

Usage examples:

A whaleback ridge