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

  • (..) if we ever get back here... ...to pick them up. - Make sure to mark this place. We're leaving a fortune under these rocks. No more room here, you gotta move up the hill. - Glass. Chart a course ... Try as you can figure to get us around the reef. - Yes sir. (..)
    2015 The Revenant
  • (..) Stay here. No, no. Oh no! Stay down. - Help me! They want us out in the open ... Someone get up the hill! Nobody move, just stay where you are. Well they want the pelts. We go and get on them 'bout right now ... ...or we gonna lose it all. Get to the boat. (..)
    2015 The Revenant