Hill (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun
  1. a natural elevation of the earth's surface, smaller than a mountain.
  2. an incline, especially in a road: This old jalopy won't make it up the next hill.
  3. an artificial heap, pile, or mound: a hill made by ants.
  4. a small mound of earth raised about a cultivated plant or a cluster of such plants.
  5. the plant or plants so surrounded: a hill of potatoes.
  6. mound1 (def. 4).
  7. Capitol Hill.
verb (used with object)
  1. to surround with hills: to hill potatoes.
  2. to form into a hill or heap.
Idioms
  1. go over the hill, Slang.
    • to break out of prison.
    • to absent oneself without leave from one's military unit.
    • to leave suddenly or mysteriously: Rumor has it that her husband has gone over the hill.
  2. over the hill,
    • relatively advanced in age.
    • past one's prime.
noun
  1. Confederate general in the U.S. Civil War.
  2. English physiologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1922.
  3. U.S. railroad builder and financier, born in Canada.
  4. U.S. labor organizer and songwriter, born in Sweden.
noun
    • a conspicuous and often rounded natural elevation of the earth's surface, less high or craggy than a mountain
    • (in combination)
    • a heap or mound made by a person or animal
    • (in combination)
  3. an incline; slope
  4. over the hill
    • beyond one's prime
    • absent without leave or deserting
  5. strenuously and persistently
verb (tr)
  1. to form into a hill or mound
  2. to cover or surround with a mound or heap of earth
noun
  1. Archibald Vivian. 1886–1977, British biochemist, noted for his research into heat loss in muscle contraction: shared the Nobel prize for physiology or medicine (1922)
  2. Damon Graham Devereux, son of Graham Hill. born 1960, British motor-racing driver; Formula One world champion (1996)
  3. David Octavius 1802–70, Scottish painter and portrait photographer, noted esp for his collaboration with the chemist Robert Adamson (1821–48)
  4. Sir Geoffrey (William). born 1932, British poet: his books include King Log (1968), Mercian Hymns (1971), The Mystery of the Charity of Charles Péguy (1983), and The Orchards of Syon (2002)
  5. Graham. 1929–75, British motor-racing driver: world champion (1962, 1968)
  6. Octavia. 1838–1912, British housing reformer; a founder of the National Trust
  7. Sir Rowland. 1795–1879, British originator of the penny postage
  8. Susan (Elizabeth). born 1942, British novelist and writer of short stories: her books include I'm the King of the Castle (1970) The Woman in Black (1983), and Felix Derby (2002)
Hill (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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