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noun

ˈhil How to pronounce hill (audio)
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1
as in ascent
an upward slope I got stuck behind a truck going up a hill in a no-passing zone

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2
as in pile
a quantity of things thrown or stacked on one another the ants made little hills of dirt

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3
as in mound
an area of high ground a town nestled in a valley surrounded by green hills

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verb

as in to mound
to form into a pile or ridge of earth hilled peat moss around the rosebushes to protect them from the freeze

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Recent Examples of hill
Noun
Royal experts point to the Cotswolds, a scenic and quintessentially English area made up of rolling hills, castles and country houses as the top contender for the Sussexes location of choice. — Jennifer Hassan, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2026 Thousands of fans descended upon the practice fields in Foxboro, filling the sideline bleachers and hills. — Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 20 Aug. 2026
Verb
Leave a few inches at the top of the container to hill the crop later. — Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 13 Apr. 2026 Some members say conversations are still ongoing about redistricting in Indiana, though Thursday’s vote makes that hill a steeper climb for Republicans with a candidate deadline in February fast-approaching. — Caroline Vakil, The Hill, 13 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hill
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hill
  1. ascent
  2. pile
  3. mound
  4. stack
  5. incline
  6. mountain
  7. cliff
  8. bank
Noun
  • The documentary, produced and distributed by Australian Broadcasting Corporation, charts Jeffrey Epstein‘s ascent, his trafficking network and his ultimate collapse.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Freight rates have continued their ascent amid the ongoing delays and schedule reliability concerns compounding other factors like the war in Iran, which has kept fuel costs elevated.
    — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of ascent
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  • Investors worldwide fret that tech firms’ revenues are struggling to keep up with the AI spending spree, which has added substantially to their debt piles, part of the reason some have pivoted to selling equity as Google also did in June.
    — Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 24 Aug. 2026
  • The kitchen’s electrical oven roasts them during the daytime; they’re then chilled and served cold, with hot sauce, a ramekin of mayonnaise, and a pile of pickle spears.
    — Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of pile
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  • That remained the case on Thursday with Gerrit Cole on the mound.
    — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 21 Aug. 2026
  • The Giants have now lost each of Roupp’s last six starts and 17 of the last 19 games he’s been on the mound.
    — Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of mound
Verb
  • On the flip side, recruiters see resumes stacked with keywords for candidates that lack relevant experience.
    — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Yet this season begins with a selection of coaches who, while stacked with potential, are short of elite medals and whose mythology is yet to be written.
    — Adam Crafton, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of stack
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  • The Pro version utilizes dual 250-W all-wheel-drive hubs to generate the torque to climb an impressive 15% hill incline.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Agriculture’s relative share in non-performing assets (NPAs) has been on a steady incline for at least a decade—often exacerbated when poor monsoons affect crop yields.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 18 Aug. 2026
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Noun
  • The boy was spotted sitting on his own at a hut about 8,200 feet (2,500 meters) above sea level – slightly more than halfway up the country’s tallest mountain – by a worker on Thursday, according to CNN’s affiliate TV Asahi.
    — Chris Lau, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Monday will see the riders tackle the first mountain stage of the 81st edition, a tough 174-kilometer (108-mile) route from Gruissan-Aude past the city of Perpignan before the climb to the ski resort of Font Romeu in the Pyrenees.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of mountain
Noun
  • It's had a number of redesigns, but what distinguished it then, and still does now, is its cliff-perch above the Adriatic, its classic Mediterranean gardens, and its views of Old Town Dubrovnik and Lokrum Island.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Aug. 2026
  • The researchers argue that the enormous cliff system triggered prolonged erosion that stripped away vast amounts of rock and helped expose some of North America’s oldest geological formations.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of cliff
Verb
  • The team needs to bank three years of funding — over $200,000 — to ensure marmot research can continue next summer.
    — Brittany Peterson, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Many apps were originally built for users with disabilities; this permission lets an app read everything on a screen and simulate taps, exactly the actions banking trojans abuse to steal one-time codes.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2026
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