hills

nounuprising of earth's surface; pile

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noun. birthplace, environment

Word Origin & History

Old English hyll "hill," from Proto-Germanic *hulni- (cf. Middle Dutch hille, Low German hull "hill," Old Norse hallr "stone," Gothic hallus "rock," Old Norse holmr "islet in a bay," Old English holm "rising land, island"), from PIE root *kel- "to rise, be elevated, be prominent" (cf. Sanskrit kutam "top, skull;" Latin collis "hill," columna "projecting object," culmen "top, summit," cellere "raise," celsus "high;" Greek kolonos "hill," kolophon "summit;" Lithuanian kalnas "mountain," kalnelis "hill," kelti "raise"). Formerly including mountains, now usually confined to heights under 2,000 feet.

Phrase over the hill "past one's prime" is first recorded 1950.

Example Sentences for hills

It wa'n't good for him to be holed up out there in them hills all his life.

The flats are very grassy, but the hills are covered with spinifex.

Gerald Raymount went walking through the pine-woods on his hills.

It was the voice of the Morning Star walking between the hills, and the Turk was happy.

From the level plain of the valleys the hills rise abruptly.

If in the hollows of the hills, they are strong by their natural position.

They had no mind to be surprised by daylight, away from their hills.

At a quarter to five the troops were clear of the hills and we looked about us.

The two khans who had been arrested would have fled to the hills.

I wanth t' get away from here,' says she, lookin' over the hills. '

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