Hill
noun
A small area of land that is higher than the land around it.
The house is on the top of the hill.
Often appears as...
- climb a hill
- over the hill
noun
A heap or mound of something.
She built a small hill of sand on the beach.
Often appears as...
- hill of sand
- hill of dirt
noun
One of the seven hills on which the ancient city of Rome was built.
The Palatine hill is the most famous of Rome's seven hills.
proper noun
A surname that originates from the English word 'hill'.
The name of the novelist is John Hill.
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Formal
proper noun
A residential area or street name in various places.
He lives on Acacia Hill.
phrase
Faced with a challenging situation or obstacle.
With so many essays to write, I really feel like I have a hill to climb.
Often appears as...
- a hill to climb
- an uphill battle
Usage tips
Informal
noun
A small area of land that is higher than the land around it.
The house is on the top of the hill.
Often appears as...
- climb a hill
- over the hill
noun
A heap or mound of something.
She built a small hill of sand on the beach.
Often appears as...
- hill of sand
- hill of dirt
noun
One of the seven hills on which the ancient city of Rome was built.
The Palatine hill is the most famous of Rome's seven hills.
proper noun
A surname that originates from the English word 'hill'.
The name of the novelist is John Hill.
Usage tips
Formal
proper noun
A residential area or street name in various places.
He lives on Acacia Hill.
phrase
Faced with a challenging situation or obstacle.
With so many essays to write, I really feel like I have a hill to climb.
Often appears as...
- a hill to climb
- an uphill battle
Usage tips
Informal
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Pro Tip 1/3Size perception
Hills are smaller than mountains, making them the lesser challenge in metaphors.
Starting this business is a hill, not a mountain.
Pro Tip 2/3Physical activities
Discussing outdoor activities, 'hill' indicates areas suitable for hiking or biking.
We're biking up the hill this weekend.
Pro Tip 3/3Describing landscapes
'Hill' can elucidate the nature of an area's terrain in descriptions.
Quaint cottages dotted the rolling hills.
Pro Tip 1/3Size perception
Hills are smaller than mountains, making them the lesser challenge in metaphors.
Starting this business is a hill, not a mountain.
Pro Tip 2/3Physical activities
Discussing outdoor activities, 'hill' indicates areas suitable for hiking or biking.
We're biking up the hill this weekend.
Pro Tip 3/3Describing landscapes
'Hill' can elucidate the nature of an area's terrain in descriptions.
Quaint cottages dotted the rolling hills.
Pro Tip 1/3Size perception
Hills are smaller than mountains, making them the lesser challenge in metaphors.
Starting this business is a hill, not a mountain.
Pro Tip 2/3Physical activities
Discussing outdoor activities, 'hill' indicates areas suitable for hiking or biking.
We're biking up the hill this weekend.
Pro Tip 3/3Describing landscapes
'Hill' can elucidate the nature of an area's terrain in descriptions.
Quaint cottages dotted the rolling hills.
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Video examples
What's hidden under the...
that if that water were piled up on our smallest continent, it would drown Australia knee-deep. How is this possible? Well, under the ice lies the bedrock. We used radar to image the hills, valleys, mountains and depressions that the ice flows over.
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Robert Waldinger: What...
that good, close relationships are good for our health and well-being, this is wisdom that's as old as the hills. Why is this so hard to get and so easy to ignore? Well, we're human. What we'd really like is a quick fix, something we can get
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See the 1,000-Year-Old...
been used throughout mid-century this windmill as it can be seen are built on top of the hill overlooking the village which not only are carefully designed to protect the village from the devastating winds but also utilize the wind power as
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Is life meaningless? And...
and was condemned to endlessly roll a boulder up a hill. The cruelty of his punishment lies in its singular futility, but Camus argues all of humanity is in the same position. And only when we accept the meaninglessness of our lives
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Human-powered mobility...
the Copenhagen wheel with a little camera in the back so you pedal on this just like you use a regular bike but the sensation is almost like the ground shrunk underneath you or that a hill disappeared or if you think otherwise
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The beauty of data...
of useful so I want to show you another landscape now we need to imagine what a landscape of the world's fears might look like let's take a look this is mountains out of mole hills a timeline of global media panic
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Filming Wildlife...
this is now ten minutes after five we're on our way to tumamoc hill coronavirus kind of lockdown my daughter jai who's never helped me before got to help because
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50 Years Ago, This Was a...
of these hills looks like this said words limestone when the driller drill all goes well for me he said Bamberger one place up here on the top my bit
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Elephants Struggle to...
in the hills above where more food grows the 50 degree heat is too much for the calves left fang and the others protect themselves with dust
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Elephants Cross the Road...
the park is now beneath five meters of water too deep even for Elephants they must reach the safety of the hills
Video examples
What's hidden under the...
that if that water were piled up on our smallest continent, it would drown Australia knee-deep. How is this possible? Well, under the ice lies the bedrock. We used radar to image the hills, valleys, mountains and depressions that the ice flows over.
Video examples
Robert Waldinger: What...
that good, close relationships are good for our health and well-being, this is wisdom that's as old as the hills. Why is this so hard to get and so easy to ignore? Well, we're human. What we'd really like is a quick fix, something we can get
Video examples
See the 1,000-Year-Old...
been used throughout mid-century this windmill as it can be seen are built on top of the hill overlooking the village which not only are carefully designed to protect the village from the devastating winds but also utilize the wind power as
Video examples
Is life meaningless? And...
and was condemned to endlessly roll a boulder up a hill. The cruelty of his punishment lies in its singular futility, but Camus argues all of humanity is in the same position. And only when we accept the meaninglessness of our lives
Video examples
Human-powered mobility...
the Copenhagen wheel with a little camera in the back so you pedal on this just like you use a regular bike but the sensation is almost like the ground shrunk underneath you or that a hill disappeared or if you think otherwise
Video examples
The beauty of data...
of useful so I want to show you another landscape now we need to imagine what a landscape of the world's fears might look like let's take a look this is mountains out of mole hills a timeline of global media panic
Video examples
Filming Wildlife...
this is now ten minutes after five we're on our way to tumamoc hill coronavirus kind of lockdown my daughter jai who's never helped me before got to help because
Video examples
50 Years Ago, This Was a...
of these hills looks like this said words limestone when the driller drill all goes well for me he said Bamberger one place up here on the top my bit
Video examples
Elephants Struggle to...
in the hills above where more food grows the 50 degree heat is too much for the calves left fang and the others protect themselves with dust
Video examples
Elephants Cross the Road...
the park is now beneath five meters of water too deep even for Elephants they must reach the safety of the hills
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Quote examples
Tess Holliday
American Model
If you want to eat pizza, have the pizza. If you want to run 5 miles up a hill, cool, go run. Do whatever you want to do, but don't let the size of your body and other people's opinions about you stop you from living the life you deserve.
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Emmanuelle Beart
French Actress
We were raised without movies, theater or music. We had only nature, the hills, the trees. When I got on the set of 'Manon,' I wasn't star-struck because I didn't know what a star was.
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Jerry Spinelli
American Author
Ideas come from ordinary, everyday life. And from imagination. And from feelings. And from memories. Memories of dust in my sneakers and humming whitewalls down a hill called Monkey.
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Rick Yune
American Actor
I believe our country has to do whatever we can do to protect ourselves-we're king of the hill. We need to protect democracy and the lives of those who live in the free world.
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Mahatma Gandhi
Indian Leader
I have nothing new to teach the world. Truth and Non-violence are as old as the hills. All I have done is to try experiments in both on as vast a scale as I could.
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Ruth Buzzi
American Actress
Life has all sorts of hills and valleys, and sometimes you don't end up doing what you had your heart set out on, but sometimes that's even better!
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Chris Harrison
American Entertainer
You know sometimes in life it just takes one little push to get you over the hill and from there it can be a beautiful ride.
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Bettany Hughes
I travel all over the world, but I'm never happier than when I'm walking up the hill to pick up my children from school.
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Ellen Stofan
American Scientist
It's part of the human character to want to know what's over the next hill, to want to know what's beyond.
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Philip Roth
American Novelist
Should you protect profits? Yes. But run for the hills? No.
Quote examples
Tess Holliday
American Model
If you want to eat pizza, have the pizza. If you want to run 5 miles up a hill, cool, go run. Do whatever you want to do, but don't let the size of your body and other people's opinions about you stop you from living the life you deserve.
Quote examples
Emmanuelle Beart
French Actress
We were raised without movies, theater or music. We had only nature, the hills, the trees. When I got on the set of 'Manon,' I wasn't star-struck because I didn't know what a star was.
Quote examples
Jerry Spinelli
American Author
Ideas come from ordinary, everyday life. And from imagination. And from feelings. And from memories. Memories of dust in my sneakers and humming whitewalls down a hill called Monkey.
Quote examples
Rick Yune
American Actor
I believe our country has to do whatever we can do to protect ourselves-we're king of the hill. We need to protect democracy and the lives of those who live in the free world.
Quote examples
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian Leader
I have nothing new to teach the world. Truth and Non-violence are as old as the hills. All I have done is to try experiments in both on as vast a scale as I could.
Quote examples
Ruth Buzzi
American Actress
Life has all sorts of hills and valleys, and sometimes you don't end up doing what you had your heart set out on, but sometimes that's even better!
Quote examples
Chris Harrison
American Entertainer
You know sometimes in life it just takes one little push to get you over the hill and from there it can be a beautiful ride.
Quote examples
Bettany Hughes
I travel all over the world, but I'm never happier than when I'm walking up the hill to pick up my children from school.
Quote examples
Ellen Stofan
American Scientist
It's part of the human character to want to know what's over the next hill, to want to know what's beyond.
Quote examples
Philip Roth
American Novelist
Should you protect profits? Yes. But run for the hills? No.
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