as in piling
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 hilling
This process is called hilling and creates an area of loose soil where tubers easily form while being shaded from the sun.
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Sheryl Geerts, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Feb. 2026
Sheryl Geerts, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hilling
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Winter storms hit the Northeast early this week, bringing snow totals piling up to 20, 30 or even 40+ inches in some areas.—
Elyssa Kaufman,
CBS News,
24 Feb. 2026
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Rent was piling up and Thai Soon was in jeopardy of closing over a lack of sales.—
Sarah Blaskovich,
Dallas Morning News,
24 Feb. 2026
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Hummingbird is a classic, but the original recipe requires stacking three-layers of banana-pineapple cake.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
1 Mar. 2026
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The comedy was hailed as a breakthrough for not only stacking its core characters with women, but employing a screenplay written by women (Wiig and her Barb & Star castmate Annie Mumolo), as well.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
26 Feb. 2026
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Clean Sweep™ Snowbank™ Indian Hawthorne is an improved cultivar with strong branching, producing a full canopy that never requires pruning to maintain its compact, mounding form.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
27 Feb. 2026
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McDearmon would take a look and suggest mounding some of it for a little elevation.—
Caron Golden,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Jan. 2026
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That’s also where the classic debate, clumping vs non-clumping litter, shows up.—
Svetlana Khachiyan,
USA Today,
19 Dec. 2025
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Alzheon's product is meant to keep plaques from forming in the first place, by preventing amyloid proteins from clumping at all.—
Jon Hamilton,
NPR,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Hilling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hilling. Accessed 2 Mar. 2026.
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