hill

Definition

  • noun: a usually rounded area of land that is higher than the land around it but that is not as high as a mountain
  • noun: a usually rounded natural elevation of land lower than a mountain
  • verb: to form into a heap
  • used to refer to the U.S. Congress

Examples

  • 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]

  • The plows came and cleared the streets, forming a 'hill' of snow on the street corner.

  • The organization is lobbying 'Capital Hill' to increase funding for AIDS research.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) was seated on his brow Hyperion's curls, the front of Jove himself, an eye like Mars, to threaten or command A station like the herald Mercury new lighted on a heaven-kissing hill A combination and a form indeed where every god did seem to set its seal... ...to give the world assurance of a man. (..)
    2015 Hamlet