name, noun, verb ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The act or process of heaping up earth around plants. uncountable, usually

   "the hilling of potatoes"

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of hill form-of, gerund, participle, present

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A surname from Old English.

Synonyms

All synonyms

moundacclivityalfred hawthorneanthillbankbank up

Etymology

Etymology 1

From hill + -ing.

Etymology 2

Topographic surname for a person living on a hill, from an unattested Old English word *hylling (“hill-dweller”).

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