From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
hill
n 1: a local and well-defined elevation of the land
2: structure consisting of an artificial heap or bank usually
of earth or stones; "they built small mounds to hide
behind" [syn: mound]
3: United States railroad tycoon (1838-1916) [syn: Hill, {J.
J. Hill}, James Jerome Hill]
4: risque English comedian (1925-1992) [syn: Hill, {Benny
Hill}, Alfred Hawthorne]
5: (baseball) the slight elevation on which the pitcher stands
[syn: mound, pitcher's mound]
v : form into a hill
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Hill \Hill\, n. [OE. hil, hul, AS. hyll; akin to OD. hille, hil,
L. collis, and prob. to E. haulm, holm, and column. Cf. 2d
Holm.]
1. A natural elevation of land, or a mass of earth rising
above the common level of the surrounding land; an
eminence less than a mountain.
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Every mountain and hill shall be made low. --Is. xl.
4.
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2. The earth raised about the roots of a plant or cluster of
plants. [U. S.] See Hill, v. t.
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3. A single cluster or group of plants growing close
together, and having the earth heaped up about them; as, a
hill of corn or potatoes. [U. S.]
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Hill ant (Zool.), a common ant (Formica rufa), of Europe
and America, which makes mounds or ant-hills over its
nests.
Hill myna (Zool.), one of several species of birds of
India, of the genus Gracula, and allied to the
starlings. They are easily taught to speak many words.
[Written also hill mynah.] See Myna.
Hill partridge (Zool.), a partridge of the genus
Aborophila, of which numerous species in habit Southern
Asia and the East Indies.
Hill tit (Zool.), one of numerous species of small Asiatic
singing birds of the family {Leiotrichid[ae]}. Many are
beautifully colored.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Hill \Hill\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hilled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Hilling.]
To surround with earth; to heap or draw earth around or upon;
as, to hill corn.
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Showing them how to plant and hill it. --Palfrey.
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