1
as in piles
a quantity of things thrown or stacked on one another
the ants made little hills of dirt
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2
as in mounds
an area of high ground
a town nestled in a valley surrounded by green hills
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3
as in inclines
an upward slope
I got stuck behind a truck going up a hill in a no-passing zone
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as in banks
to form into a pile or ridge of earth
hilled peat moss around the rosebushes to protect them from the freeze
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Recent Examples of hills
Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
Flip invented the Wheezer Scale for gauging the difficulty of hiking up hills.
—Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2025
Chef Enrico Crippa’s dishes are celebrations of the rolling hills of the Piedmont region and his love for herbs, flowers, and vegetables.
—Jamila Robinson, Bon Appetit Magazine, 16 Sep. 2025
Electric bicycles are growing in popularity, minimizing hills and headwinds, and making riding more appealing for many people.
—Rick Barrett, jsonline.com, 15 Sep. 2025
The hills of this part of Northeast Italy are the heartland of many other types of wines.
—Elisabetta Tosi, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
The abolitionists Harriet Beecher Stowe and John Brown were born here; Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller, Stephen Sondheim, and the film director Milos Forman made homes among these softly rolling hills.
—Marcia Desanctis, Travel + Leisure, 15 Sep. 2025
It is written and directed by Evans, also deaf, and features an all-deaf cast, set atop the rolling hills of the English countryside in a quaint stately home.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025
Under the guidance of world champion Judi Oyama, Kahaku found her stride running cones down hills and fell in love with the discipline.
—Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 7 Sep. 2025
Noun
On the screen were images of rolling hills, deer frolicking in the forest, and waves crashing on the shore.
—Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
Flip invented the Wheezer Scale for gauging the difficulty of hiking up hills.
—Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2025
Chef Enrico Crippa’s dishes are celebrations of the rolling hills of the Piedmont region and his love for herbs, flowers, and vegetables.
—Jamila Robinson, Bon Appetit Magazine, 16 Sep. 2025
Electric bicycles are growing in popularity, minimizing hills and headwinds, and making riding more appealing for many people.
—Rick Barrett, jsonline.com, 15 Sep. 2025
The hills of this part of Northeast Italy are the heartland of many other types of wines.
—Elisabetta Tosi, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
The abolitionists Harriet Beecher Stowe and John Brown were born here; Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller, Stephen Sondheim, and the film director Milos Forman made homes among these softly rolling hills.
—Marcia Desanctis, Travel + Leisure, 15 Sep. 2025
It is written and directed by Evans, also deaf, and features an all-deaf cast, set atop the rolling hills of the English countryside in a quaint stately home.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025
Under the guidance of world champion Judi Oyama, Kahaku found her stride running cones down hills and fell in love with the discipline.
—Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 7 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hills
Noun
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Use jig and pigs 18 to 25 feet deep along brush piles or main lake points with a gradual slope.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
16 Sep. 2025
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One makes big plays at big moments, the other piles up a steady stream of little plays that lead to those big plays.—
Arpon Basu,
New York Times,
14 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Taken from burial mounds in southeast Minnesota, the remains had been held by Minnesota institutions for many decades.—
Melissa Olson,
Twin Cities,
14 Sep. 2025
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These enormous mounds of debris left over from the feasts contained thousands of bones.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Sep. 2025
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Be warned, though, that the steep inclines and seemingly endless switchbacks can be seriously challenging.—
Stacey Lastoe,
Travel + Leisure,
19 Sep. 2025
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They are most commonly used to transport people and cargo up steep inclines.—
Catherine Nicholls,
CNN Money,
4 Sep. 2025
Verb
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To them, bank lending has multiplicative qualities whereby Bank A rents $100,000 from a saver, lends out $90,000 to a borrower who then banks the money at Bank B, only for Bank B to lend out $81,000, only for the borrower to bank the $81,000 at Bank C that lends out $72,900.—
John Tamny,
Forbes.com,
31 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The 2022 Journal Sentinel investigation noted that Cruse frequently shared videos and photographs on Facebook, including pictures of stacks of cash and Gucci shopping bags.—
Mary Spicuzza,
jsonline.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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Similarly, conventional fuel cells are also too heavy for aerospace applications, as their design relies on flat, heavy stacks with metal parts that account for over 75% of the system’s total weight.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
18 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The city of Cusco in the Andes mountains is a common gateway destination for travelers bound for Machu Picchu.—
Jimena De La Quintana,
CNN Money,
17 Sep. 2025
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Road driving proved much more enjoyable, and much more plentiful, on a familiar route from the desert floor to the mountains and back.—
Michael Teo Van Runkle,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Where the gobs of torque on track felt sufficient, if not overwhelming, all of a sudden mashing the throttle at any point in the rev range provided more than enough thrust for any situation, even on steep mountain ascents.—
Michael Teo Van Runkle,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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For her next two ascents, Maus went solo, pushing the pace on the running sections and then moving quickly across the rock.—
Frederick Dreier,
Outside,
12 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The alum then clumps the smaller, suspended fats together for easy removal.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
21 Aug. 2025
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“Hills.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hills. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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