Meaning

6 senses

  1. An elevated landmass smaller than a mountain.

    The park is sheltered from the wind by a hill to the east.

    Hügel

    холмxolm, го́ркаgórka, высота́vysotá

    па́горбpáhorb, паго́рокpahórok, гі́ркаhírka

  2. A sloping part of a landscape, especially one with a road, trail, etc.

    You need to pick up speed to get up the hill that's coming up.

    Hang, Steigung

    подъёмpodʺjóm, спускspusk

  3. (US)A heap of earth surrounding a plant.

    structure consisting of an artificial heap or bank usually of earth or stones

  4. (US)A single cluster or group of plants growing close together, and having the earth heaped up about them.

    a hill of corn or potatoes

  5. The pitcher’s mound.

  6. The raised portion of the surface of a vinyl record.

    Steigung, Anstieg

Examples

626 sentences

  1. The hotel stands on a hill.

    Цей готель знаходиться на пагорку. — deniko

    ruОтель стоит на холме. — Gruzilkin

    deDas Hotel liegt auf einem Hügel. — MUIRIEL

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  2. The old castle stands on the hill.

    Старовинний замок стоїть на пагорбі. — deniko

    ruСтарый замок стоит на холме. — odexed

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  3. That church on the hill is very old.

    Та церква на пагорбі дуже стара. — hectorvk

    ruТа церковь на холме очень старая. — marafon

    deDiese Kirche auf dem Hügel ist sehr alt. — Melang

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  4. The royal palace was built on a hill.

    Королевський палац було побудовано на узгір'ї. — deniko

    ruКоролевский дворец был построен на холме. — soweli_Elepanto

    deDer königliche Palast wurde auf einem Hügel errichtet. — Wolf

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  5. You can see the whole city from this hill.

    З цієї гори видно все місто. — uaspeaker

    ruС этой горы виден весь город. — Aqn

    deVon diesem Hügel aus kann man die ganze Stadt sehen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
elevated location:
Русский
By meaning 2
elevated location:
sloping road:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
elevated location:
sloping road:
steepness:

Origin

From Middle English hil (“hill”), from Old English hyll (“hill”), from Proto-West Germanic

From Middle English hil (“hill”), from Old English hyll (“hill”), from Proto-West Germanic *hulli (“hill”), from Proto-Germanic *hulliz (“hill”), from Proto-Indo-European *kl̥Hnís (“top, hill, rock”) (compare also Proto-Germanic *halluz (“stone, rock”)).

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Forms

plural: hills
Singularhill
Pluralhills

regular

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • risque English comedian (1925-1992):Benny HillAlfred Hawthorne
  • structure consisting of an artificial heap or bank usually of earth or stones:mound
  • (baseball) the slight elevation on which the pitcher stands:moundpitcher's mound
  • United States railroad tycoon (1838-1916):James J. HillJ. J. HillJames Jerome Hill

Antonyms

1 antonyms
dale

Word family

67 related words
Relatedhilly
Derivedanthillant-hillbunny hilldownhilldwarf-hillelf hillfairy hillfoothillforhillgravity hillhillbillyhill canehill censerhill chainhill climbhillclimbhillclimberhillclimbinghillcrafthillcresthill firehillfolkhill-forthill-holder

Collocations

5 patterns
  • down the hill
  • up the hill
  • of the hill
  • on the hill
  • the hill is

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
hilalhilariousB2hilarityhillbillyhillsidehilltop

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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