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Hill Hɪl Rolling Overlooking Town Noun Region Gently

Word3 hill
WordType (noun)
Phonetic /hɪl/ /hɪl/
Example
  • a region of gently rolling hills
  • a hill farm/town/fort
  • the church is perched on a hill.
  • the house is built on the side of a hill overlooking the river.
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hill

(noun)/hɪl/ /hɪl/
  1. an area of land that is higher than the land around it, but not as high as a mountain
    • SEE ALSO anthill
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/anthill
    • a region of gently rolling hills
    • a hill farm/town/fort
    • The church is perched on a hill.
    • The house is built on the side of a hill overlooking the river.
    • They make their way up the hill.
    • We started to walk back down the hill.
    • I love walking in the hills (= in the area where there are hills).
    • They stopped at the top of the hill to admire the view.
    • A spring emerges at the bottom of the hill.

    Extra Examples

    • A grassy path led down the hill.
    • Olive groves cover the hills.
    • Over the hill lies another town.
    • The landscape is made up of low, rolling hills.
    • The town is set on a small hill.
    • There are several lead mines in the hills above Grassington.
    • They climbed a steep hill and came to the town.
    • They crested a small hill and then the path curved.
    • Troops forced villagers to flee to the surrounding hills.
    • We took to the hills in a variety of four-wheel-drive vehicles.
    • Wooded hills rise behind the town.
    • a hill overlooking the wide valley below
    • the chalk hills of southern England
    • the distant blue hills
    • the houses which dotted the hill
    • the limestone hills of Kentucky
  2. a slope on a road
    • SEE ALSO uphill
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/uphill_1
    • The motorcade made its way up the hill.
    • Always take care when driving down steep hills.
    • a hill start (= the act of starting a vehicle on a slope)

    Extra Examples

    • I had to do a hill start.
    • The bus sped down the long hill.
    • A few yards up the hill, on the left, was a turning.
  3. Capitol Hill (= used to refer to the US Capitol and the activities that take place there)
  4. very old; ancient
  5. something that is not worth much
  6. old and therefore no longer useful or attractive
    • Youngsters seem to think you're over the hill at 40!

    Word Origin

    • Old English hyll, of Germanic origin; from an Indo-European root shared by Latin collis and Greek kolōnos ‘hill’.
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