hill

hill
    n 1: a local and well-defined elevation of the land; "they loved
         to roam the hills of West Virginia"
    2: structure consisting of an artificial heap or bank usually of
       earth or stones; "they built small mounds to hide behind"
       [syn: {mound}, {hill}]
    3: United States railroad tycoon (1838-1916) [syn: {Hill}, {J.
       J. Hill}, {James Jerome Hill}]
    4: risque English comedian (1925-1992) [syn: {Hill}, {Benny
       Hill}, {Alfred Hawthorne}]
    5: (baseball) the slight elevation on which the pitcher stands
       [syn: {mound}, {hill}, {pitcher's mound}]
    v 1: form into a hill
    

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.
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            Every mountain and hill shall be made low. --Is. xl.
                                                  4.
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   2. The earth raised about the roots of a plant or cluster of
      plants. [U. S.] See {Hill}, v. t.
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   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.]
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   {Hill ant} (Zool.), a common ant ({Formica rufa}), of Europe
      and America, which makes mounds or ant-hills over its
      nests.

   {Hill myna} (Zool.), 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} (Zool.), a partridge of the genus
      {Aborophila}, of which numerous species in habit Southern
      Asia and the East Indies.

   {Hill tit} (Zool.), one of numerous species of small Asiatic
      singing birds of the family {Leiotrichid[ae]}. Many are
      beautifully colored.
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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.
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         Showing them how to plant and hill it.   --Palfrey.
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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.
    

Hill, NH
  Zip code(s): 03243
    

Hill -- U.S. County in Montana
   Population (2000):    16673
   Housing Units (2000): 7453
   Land area (2000):     2896.361217 sq. miles (7501.540796 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    19.686170 sq. miles (50.986945 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    2916.047387 sq. miles (7552.527741 sq. km)
   Located within:       Montana (MT), FIPS 30
   Location:             48.559559 N, 110.030529 W
   Headwords:
    Hill
    Hill, MT
    Hill County
    Hill County, MT
    

Hill -- U.S. County in Texas
   Population (2000):    32321
   Housing Units (2000): 14624
   Land area (2000):     962.360148 sq. miles (2492.501234 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    23.287823 sq. miles (60.315182 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    985.647971 sq. miles (2552.816416 sq. km)
   Located within:       Texas (TX), FIPS 48
   Location:             31.996685 N, 97.156742 W
   Headwords:
    Hill
    Hill, TX
    Hill County
    Hill County, TX
    

121 Moby Thesaurus words for "hill":
      acclivity, anthill, bank, bank up, barrow, bilge, blain, bleb,
      blister, blob, boss, bow, brae, bubble, bulb, bulge, bulla, bump,
      bunch, burl, butte, button, cahot, chine, clump, cock, condyle,
      convex, decline, declivity, dowel, down, downgrade, downs, drift,
      drumlin, dune, ear, elevation, embankment, eminence, fell, flange,
      flap, foothill, foothills, gall, gnarl, grade, gradient, handle,
      haycock, haymow, hayrick, haystack, heap, heap up, height,
      highland, hillock, hummock, hump, hunch, incline, jog, joggle,
      knob, knoll, knot, knur, knurl, lip, loop, lump, mole, molehill,
      monticle, monticule, moor, mound, mount, mountain, mow, nevus, nub,
      nubbin, nubble, papilloma, peg, pile, pile up, prominence,
      promontory, pyramid, rib, rick, ridge, ring, rise, sand dune,
      shock, shoulder, slope, snowdrift, spine, stack, stack up, stud,
      style, swell, tab, tor, tubercle, tubercule, upgrade, upland,
      verruca, vesicle, wale, wart, welt

    

HILL

Samuel, a man who did things in a hurry.  Also a
celebrated rain storm.