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English Dictionary: hill	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for hill
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hill n a local and well-defined elevation of the land; "they loved to roam the hills of West Virginia" structure consisting of an artificial heap or bank usually of earth or stones; "they built small mounds to hide behind" Synonym(s): mound, hill United States railroad tycoon (1838-1916) Synonym(s): Hill, J. J. Hill, James Jerome Hill risque English comedian (1925-1992) Synonym(s): Hill, Benny Hill, Alfred Hawthorne (baseball) the slight elevation on which the pitcher stands Synonym(s): mound, hill, pitcher's mound v form into a hill
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hill \Hill\, n. [OE. hil, hul, AS. hyll; akin to OD. hille, hil, L. collis, and prob. to E. haulm, holm, and column. Cf. 2d {Holm}.] 1. 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. Every mountain and hill shall be made low. --Is. xl. 4. 2. The earth raised about the roots of a plant or cluster of plants. [U. S.] See {Hill}, v. t. 3. 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. [U. S.] {Hill ant} (Zo[94]l.), a common ant ({Formica rufa}), of Europe and America, which makes mounds or ant-hills over its nests. {Hill myna} (Zo[94]l.), one of several species of birds of India, of the genus {Gracula}, and allied to the starlings. They are easily taught to speak many words. [Written also {hill mynah}.] See {Myna}. {Hill partridge} (Zo[94]l.), a partridge of the genus {Aborophila}, of which numerous species in habit Southern Asia and the East Indies. {Hill tit} (Zo[94]l.), one of numerous species of small Asiatic singing birds of the family {Leiotrichid[91]}. Many are beautifully colored.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hill \Hill\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hilled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hilling}.] To surround with earth; to heap or draw earth around or upon; as, to hill corn. Showing them how to plant and hill it. --Palfrey.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Hill, NH Zip code(s): 03243
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Hill (1.) Heb. gib'eah, a curved or rounded hill, such as are common to Palestine (Ps. 65:12; 72:3; 114:4, 6). (2.) Heb. har, properly a mountain range rather than an individual eminence (Ex. 24:4, 12, 13, 18; Num. 14:40, 44, 45). In Deut. 1:7, Josh. 9:1; 10:40; 11:16, it denotes the elevated district of Judah, Benjamin, and Ephraim, which forms the watershed between the Mediterranean and the Dead Sea. (3.) Heb. ma'aleh in 1 Sam. 9:11. Authorized Version "hill" is correctly rendered in the Revised Version "ascent." (4.) In Luke 9:37 the "hill" is the Mount of Transfiguration.