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hill

5 definitions • 6 examples
1
an area of land that is higher than the surrounding land:

Examples:

Hills are not as high as mountains.
Their house is on the top of a hill.
the hills In the summer, the shepherds move their sheep up into the hills (= an area where there are hills).
2
a slope in a road:

Examples:

That hill's far too steep to cycle up.
3
Capitol Hill (= the US legislature or the place where it meets)
4
an area of land that slopes up to a point higher than the surrounding land and then slopes down again, but which is smaller than a mountain:

Examples:

They built a house on the top of a hill, overlooking the town.
The highway runs through rolling hills (= land that gradually slopes up and down).
5
The Hill is Capitol Hill.

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