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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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
Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 15 Feb. 2026
Avoid sudden braking or acceleration, and be especially cautious on hills or when making turns.
—Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 15 Feb. 2026
Her neighbors live within easy walking distance but their homes are barely visible, one to the next, because of folds in the hills and the density of trees and cacti.
—Paige Williams, New Yorker, 14 Feb. 2026
From the ice rinks to the snowy hills, love is in the frozen air.
—ABC News, 14 Feb. 2026
Hayley and Clyde Smooth jazz plays as the sun pours in over the mountains and into the heart of Hayley Ashton Corley and Clyde Nikolai Corley’s home, tucked away in the hills of Topanga Canyon.
—Cierra Black, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2026
The subterranean lounge is built on the garden level of a brick townhouse perched atop the hills of Mount Adams, Cincinnati's most beautiful neighborhood.
—Usa Today Network, USA Today, 13 Feb. 2026
Beyond them, the concrete of the 21st century falls away, replaced by creamy pillars and marble paving stretching into the distance, with green hills beyond.
—Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 9 Feb. 2026
From the West Side to the East Side, the riverfront to the surrounding hills, Cincinnati is a city of 52 unique neighborhoods.
—David Ferrara, Cincinnati Enquirer, 8 Feb. 2026
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Other standouts include Badao Tang Hot Pot Villa in Nanshan’s hills overlooking the city skyline, and Dongting Hot Pot is sited within an air-raid shelter cave.
—Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 15 Feb. 2026
Avoid sudden braking or acceleration, and be especially cautious on hills or when making turns.
—Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 15 Feb. 2026
Her neighbors live within easy walking distance but their homes are barely visible, one to the next, because of folds in the hills and the density of trees and cacti.
—Paige Williams, New Yorker, 14 Feb. 2026
From the ice rinks to the snowy hills, love is in the frozen air.
—ABC News, 14 Feb. 2026
Hayley and Clyde Smooth jazz plays as the sun pours in over the mountains and into the heart of Hayley Ashton Corley and Clyde Nikolai Corley’s home, tucked away in the hills of Topanga Canyon.
—Cierra Black, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2026
The subterranean lounge is built on the garden level of a brick townhouse perched atop the hills of Mount Adams, Cincinnati's most beautiful neighborhood.
—Usa Today Network, USA Today, 13 Feb. 2026
Beyond them, the concrete of the 21st century falls away, replaced by creamy pillars and marble paving stretching into the distance, with green hills beyond.
—Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 9 Feb. 2026
From the West Side to the East Side, the riverfront to the surrounding hills, Cincinnati is a city of 52 unique neighborhoods.
—David Ferrara, Cincinnati Enquirer, 8 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hills
Noun
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The city still lay in ruin, filled with piles of rubble and half-destroyed buildings.—
Nicholas Lemann,
New Yorker,
21 Feb. 2026
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Behold his corpse presented in front of two enormous piles of bottles, as green and resplendent as Christmas trees.—
Sophie Gilbert,
The Atlantic,
21 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Drop heaping tablespoon-sized mounds of coconut, about 1 1/2 inches apart, on the baking sheets.—
Lynda Balslev,
Mercury News,
10 Feb. 2026
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Jim Lapic, master gardener with the Penn State Master Gardener Program, uses broken terracotta pots and places them along the sides of his garden mounds.—
Michelle Mastro,
Martha Stewart,
6 Feb. 2026
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There was treadmill work, the running deck set at steep inclines, the speed gradually increasing.—
Don Norcross,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Feb. 2026
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But the car—small, low to the ground, and exceedingly heavy, owing to the ballistic steel and glass—is not suited to a city like Caracas, which is rife with steep inclines and deep potholes, and is best travelled in a four-by-four.—
Armando Ledezma,
New Yorker,
14 Jan. 2026
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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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The instrumental snippets are accessed — in old-fashioned CD-ROM hover-and-click style — by clicking on band posters or photographs pictured as being taped or otherwise affixed to a wall in a bedroom with a guitar, stacks of CDs and some dirty clothes.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
13 Feb. 2026
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And it was provided only old paper maps and stacks of interment cards that listed names, dates and funeral homes.—
Robbyn Abbitt,
The Conversation,
10 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The Cotswolds in the United Kingdom attracts tourists from all over the world for its alluring rolling hills, quaint villages and historic mountains.—
Ashley J. DiMella,
FOXNews.com,
16 Feb. 2026
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At the same time, strong winds and heavy snow will start to slam the mountains as early as Monday night.—
Dave Aguilera,
CBS News,
16 Feb. 2026
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The female athlete starts first, making two ascents, two descents and one section on foot.—
Stephen J. Beard,
USA Today,
19 Feb. 2026
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There have been ascents on Denali and Aconcagua and attempts to swim the English Channel.—
Outside Online,
Outside Online,
18 Feb. 2026
Verb
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However, sometimes the abnormal IgA (the antibody that clumps up and causes problems) does run in families.—
Brandi Jones,
Health,
15 Jan. 2026
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Cocoa powder often clumps in its container.—
Erin Merhar,
Southern Living,
11 Dec. 2025
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“Hills.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hills. Accessed 23 Feb. 2026.
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