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noun ADJ. big, high, long The bus sped down the long hill. | little, low, small The village is set on a small hill. | steep | gentle | rolling, undulating ~s The landscape is made up of low, rolling hills. | conical, rounded | blue, dark, green, purple | bare, forested, grassy, open, rocky, rugged, wooded | distant, far the distant blue hills | isolated, lonely | encircling, surrounding ~s Troops forced villagers to flee to the surrounding hills. | prominent | coastal | chalk the chalk hills of southern England VERB + HILL climb (up), go up They climbed a steep hill and came to the village. | come down | take to ~s (literary) We took to the hills in a variety of four-wheel-drive vehicles. HILL + VERB overlook sth, rise a hill overlooking the wide valley below Wooded hills rise behind the town. HILL + NOUN climbing, walking | walker | farming | farmer | farm, fort, station (= a small town in the hills, especially in India), town, village In the heat of summer the rich fled to the hill stations. | country | top (= also hilltop) | start (= starting a vehicle on a slope) PREP. down a/the ~ A grassy path led down the hill. | in the ~s There are several lead mines in the hills above Grassington. | on a/the ~ The church is perched on a hill. | over a/the ~ Over the hill lies another village. | up a/the ~ A few yards up the hill, on the left, was a turning. | ~ above the hills above the town PHRASES the bottom/foot of a/the hill A spring emerges at the bottom of the hill. | the top of a/the hill
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hill
adjectives
steep
• She pushed her bicycle up the steep hill.
rolling/gentle hills
(= hills with slopes that are not steep )
• He loved the green rolling hills of Dorset.
a long hill
• The bus started going up the long hill into town.
verbs
climb a hill
(= walk or drive up a hill )
• She climbed the hill out of the village.
go down a hill
• It's best to use a low gear when you are going down steep hills.
phrases
the top of a hill
• The view from the top of the hill was beautiful.
the brow/crest of a hill
(= the top part of a hill )
• A tank appeared over the brow of the hill.
the bottom/foot of a hill
• The house was at the bottom of a hill.
hill + NOUN
a hill town
• the hill towns of Tuscany
hill country
(= a rural area where there are a lot of hills )
• the rough hill country on the Welsh border
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