hilling

verb

present participle of hill
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 When the stems reach about 6 to 8 inches tall, start hilling by placing new soil around the stems. — Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 13 Apr. 2026 This process is called hilling and creates an area of loose soil where tubers easily form while being shaded from the sun. — Sheryl Geerts, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Feb. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hilling
  1. piling
  2. stacking
  3. mounding
  4. clumping
Verb
  • Delays start piling up in 2025 Nearly three-quarters of the sites – over 500 – have been delayed at least once, and the delays are growing significantly longer.
    — Austin Fast, USA Today, 26 July 2026
  • When the requests started piling up into the 100s, Vraa knew he on to something.
    — Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 25 July 2026
Definition of piling
Verb
  • Home run bets are challenging to hit, and stacking losing picks is part of the equation.
    — Josh Shepardson, Forbes.com, 24 July 2026
  • Mall of America, American Dream and Rockefeller Center all publish rolling schedules, and stacking a free concert or seasonal event onto a shopping trip turns the same visit into a full day out.
    — Lauren Schuster, Sacbee.com, 22 July 2026
Definition of stacking
Verb
  • Planting them on a slope or mounding them can improve drainage.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 19 July 2026
  • Selections may be mounding or trailing.
    — Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 May 2026
Definition of mounding
Verb
  • This also removes excess starch, keeping the pasta from clumping together.
    — Martha Stewart, Martha Stewart, 26 June 2026
  • The drug is designed to rapidly block platelets from clumping and restricting blood flow, lessening the adverse outcomes of a heart attack.
    — Justin Zacks, CNBC, 4 June 2026
Definition of clumping

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