1
as in piles
a quantity of things thrown or stacked on one another
the ants made little hills of dirt
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2
as in mounds
an area of high ground
a town nestled in a valley surrounded by green hills
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3
as in inclines
an upward slope
I got stuck behind a truck going up a hill in a no-passing zone
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as in banks
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 hills
Camelia Heins, Daily News, 8 Jan. 2026
Expansive windows frame the rows of grapes like living artwork, while terraces, pergolas, and outdoor living spaces invite residents to linger, glass in hand, taking in the sunset over the hills.
—Amplified Content Studio, Mercury News, 7 Jan. 2026
There are plenty of zippy hills for beginners, too.
—Ashlyn Ware, Midwest Living, 7 Jan. 2026
Comey's street is now full of empty lots stretching up into the green hills.
—Julia Simon, NPR, 7 Jan. 2026
Shanghai’s Pirates ride can speed up or slow down, go up hills or down drops and maintain spacing with other boats.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 7 Jan. 2026
That said, don’t wait for perfectly clear skies to head into the hills – even in bright, sunny weather, the Matterhorn loves playing peek-a-boo behind the clouds.
—Rick Steves, Chicago Tribune, 6 Jan. 2026
The development with rolling hills and views of Fort Worth’s skyline is Discovery Land Company’s second in the area, after Vaquero Golf Club in Westlake.
—Fousia Abdullahi, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Jan. 2026
Open the door to the Tumacacori Mesquite Sawmill gallery in the rural, rolling hills of Santa Cruz County, Arizona, an hour south of Tucson, and a soft aroma wafts out.
—Suzanne Wright, USA Today, 11 Nov. 2025
Noun
Nestled in the green hills of the Pacific Palisades and just miles from the Pacific Ocean, community members gathered for an afternoon service and concert to grieve, heal and remember — remember homes lost, remember their lives before displacement and remember to find hope in recovery.
—Camelia Heins, Daily News, 8 Jan. 2026
Expansive windows frame the rows of grapes like living artwork, while terraces, pergolas, and outdoor living spaces invite residents to linger, glass in hand, taking in the sunset over the hills.
—Amplified Content Studio, Mercury News, 7 Jan. 2026
There are plenty of zippy hills for beginners, too.
—Ashlyn Ware, Midwest Living, 7 Jan. 2026
Comey's street is now full of empty lots stretching up into the green hills.
—Julia Simon, NPR, 7 Jan. 2026
Shanghai’s Pirates ride can speed up or slow down, go up hills or down drops and maintain spacing with other boats.
—Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 7 Jan. 2026
That said, don’t wait for perfectly clear skies to head into the hills – even in bright, sunny weather, the Matterhorn loves playing peek-a-boo behind the clouds.
—Rick Steves, Chicago Tribune, 6 Jan. 2026
The development with rolling hills and views of Fort Worth’s skyline is Discovery Land Company’s second in the area, after Vaquero Golf Club in Westlake.
—Fousia Abdullahi, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Jan. 2026
Open the door to the Tumacacori Mesquite Sawmill gallery in the rural, rolling hills of Santa Cruz County, Arizona, an hour south of Tucson, and a soft aroma wafts out.
—Suzanne Wright, USA Today, 11 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hills
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Snslxh Stackable Closet Storage Baskets, Set of 5 For bulky knits and sweaters, Lam suggests using stackable shelves like these to keep piles neat and accessible.—
Jeaneen Russell,
PEOPLE,
11 Jan. 2026
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While the administration argues that aggressive trade policies will offset these costs, budget analysts suggest the math does not add up—or piles even more onto the large and growing $38 trillion national debt.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
8 Jan. 2026
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Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park Admire the sunset on the mounds of red sand in Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Jan. 2026
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New Yorkers had a similar mindset, taking to long, empty avenues with skiis to enjoy miniature urban slopes, whizzing past cars buried in the icy mounds.—
Angela Andaloro,
PEOPLE,
6 Jan. 2026
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Its flexible 3-layer HydroWall shell is completely waterproof and still breathable, with pit zips to release excess heat on steep inclines.—
Annita Katee,
Travel + Leisure,
16 Dec. 2025
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Recovery days are crucial because posterior chain muscles—your glutes, hamstrings, and calves—can fatigue quickly at higher inclines, says Hribick.—
Julia Ries Wexler,
Outside,
13 Dec. 2025
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The group banks its seventh champ total.—
Pamela Bustios,
Billboard,
4 Nov. 2025
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To them, bank lending has multiplicative qualities whereby Bank A rents $100,000 from a saver, lends out $90,000 to a borrower who then banks the money at Bank B, only for Bank B to lend out $81,000, only for the borrower to bank the $81,000 at Bank C that lends out $72,900.—
John Tamny,
Forbes.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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Unlike Tesla, however, Huang said that Nvidia develops full AV stacks for other auto companies rather than manufacturing the self-driving cars themselves.—
Jaures Yip,
CNBC,
7 Jan. 2026
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Boesch, who had on a white shirt and jeans, pulled out a ziplock bag stuffed with thick stacks of intact cards.—
Taran Dugal,
New Yorker,
5 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The first, largest stack had been given in Iraqi dinars to the smuggler who took them from the outskirts of their native city of Slemani across the mountains into the Kermanshah region where a car was waiting to drive them into Tehran.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Jan. 2026
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Perhaps best of all, three lift tickets cost what other mountains charge for a single skier.—
Lydia Price,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Jan. 2026
Noun
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En route to the top floor—where five of the seven bedrooms and four of the six and a half bathrooms are located—the stairs appear at first quite normal, with the initial two ascents made of wood.—
Tori Latham,
Robb Report,
14 Dec. 2025
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But the overall stretch, with steep ascents, descents, and prominent 18-wheel truck madness, extends 40 miles from just north of Castaic in Los Angeles County to the bottom of the grade where the I-5 enters the San Joaquin Valley in Kern County.—
James Raia,
Mercury News,
30 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Cocoa powder often clumps in its container.—
Erin Merhar,
Southern Living,
11 Dec. 2025
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Young stars form within collapsing clouds of gas and dust, which flatten into broad protoplanetary disks where material gradually clumps into larger bodies.—
Samantha Mathewson,
Space.com,
5 Dec. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Hills.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hills. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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