hill
Pronounced:
/ˈhɪl/
Function:
nounInflected forms:
plural hillsMeaning:
1 [count] : a usually rounded area of land that is higher than the land around it but that is not as high as a mountain ▪ She watched the sun set behind the hills. ▪ The house was built at the very top of the hill.
2 [count] : an area of sloping ground on a road, path, etc. ▪ Our driveway is a long, steep hill. ▪ He came barreling down the hill at 65 miles per hour.
3 [count] : a pile of something : heap, mound ▪ The plows came and cleared the streets, forming a hill of snow on the street corner.
4 the Hill US informal —used to refer to the U.S. Congress ▪ a proposed new law that is being debated on the Hill [=on Capitol Hill]
2 [count] : an area of sloping ground on a road, path, etc. ▪ Our driveway is a long, steep hill. ▪ He came barreling down the hill at 65 miles per hour.
3 [count] : a pile of something : heap, mound ▪ The plows came and cleared the streets, forming a hill of snow on the street corner.
4 the Hill US informal —used to refer to the U.S. Congress ▪ a proposed new law that is being debated on the Hill [=on Capitol Hill]
a hill of beans
chiefly US informal : something that has little or no value —used in negative statements ▪ These proposals don't amount to a hill of beans. = These proposals aren't worth a hill of beans. [=these proposals have no value; they are useless]
over the hill
informal : old and no longer successful, attractive, etc. ▪ an athlete who's over the hill ▪ an over-the-hill actor