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hill / hil/ • n. 1. a naturally raised area of land, not as high or craggy as a mountain. ∎  a sloping piece of road or trail: they were climbing a steep hill in low gear. ∎  a heap or mound of something: a hill of sliding shingle. 2. (the Hill) inf. short for Capitol Hill.• v. [tr.] form (something) into a heap. ∎  bank up (a plant) with soil: if frost threatens our new plants, we hill them up.PHRASES: a hill of beans inf. a thing of little value: the problems of one old actor don't amount to a hill of beans. as old as the hills see old.over the hill inf. old and past one's prime. up hill and down dale see up.

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