hilled

verb

past tense of hill
as in piled
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 Synonyms for hilled
  1. piled
  2. mounded
  3. stacked
  4. banked
Verb
  • The Republican advantage this year is much larger — $125 million piled up against Democrats, who have as much debt as money.
    — David Weigel, semafor.com, 22 July 2026
  • South Korean retail investors who piled into leveraged bets on the country’s AI champions are nursing steep losses, exposing the risks of the speculative trading boom that helped fuel one of the world’s hottest equity markets.
    — Joseph Wilkins, CNBC, 21 July 2026
Definition of piled
Verb
  • The uniform mounded shape and purple hues of the flower spikes, along with the contrasting silvery foliage, add attractive structure and framing along the edges of paved walkways.
    — Gemma Johnstone, The Spruce, 22 June 2026
  • Kent mounded up soil the couple bought from GreatSoil to create some elevation.
    — Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 May 2026
Definition of mounded
Verb
  • The inside of the mound was tightly stacked with beech wood which smolders for weeks until it's been turned into charcoal — a craft that's been practiced in the Harz mountain region in eastern Germany for hundreds of years.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 27 July 2026
  • Any tariffs that result from these investigations could be stacked on top of other duties.
    — Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 25 July 2026
Definition of stacked
Verb
  • Bauman has banked his own and says that not a week passes without a celebrity inquiry.
    — Ramona Saviss, HollywoodReporter, 15 July 2026
  • Nia Coffey banked in a three-pointer on the Lynx’s next possession for an 11-point lead.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026
Definition of banked
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