- hill
- nounADJECTIVE▪ big, high, long, tall▪
The bus sped down the long hill.
▪ little, low, small▪The town is set on a small hill.
▪ sloping▪ steep▪ gentle, slight▪ rolling hills, undulating hills▪The landscape is made up of low, rolling hills.
▪ rounded▪ dark▪ blue, green, etc.▪ bare, barren, forested, grassy, open, rocky, rugged, sandy (esp. AmE), wooded▪ snow-covered, snowy▪ lush, verdant▪ distant, far▪the distant blue hills
▪ isolated (esp. BrE)▪ remote▪ surrounding hills▪Troops forced villagers to flee to the surrounding hills.
▪ coastal▪ chalk, limestone, etc.▪the limestone hills of Kentucky
▪ ski (AmE)VERB + HILL▪ ascend (formal), climb, climb up, go up, scale▪They climbed a steep hill and came to the town.
▪ crest, top (both esp. AmE)▪They crested a small hill and then the path curved.
▪ come down, descend (formal)▪ take to the hills (literary)▪We took to the hills in a variety of four-wheel-drive vehicles.
▪ roam the hills, walk the hills▪ cover, dot▪Olive groves cover the hills.
▪the houses which dotted the hill
HILL + VERB▪ overlook sth, rise▪a hill overlooking the wide valley below
▪Wooded hills rise behind the town.
▪ surround sthHILL + NOUN▪ climbing, walking (usually hillwalking)▪ climb, race (esp. BrE)▪ walker (usually hillwalker)▪ sheep (BrE)▪ farm, farmer, farming (all esp. BrE)▪ station (= a small town in the hills, esp. in India), town, village (BrE)▪In the heat of summer the rich fled to the hill stations.
▪ country▪ tribe▪ fort▪ top (usually hilltop)▪ slope▪ start (= starting a vehicle on a slope) (BrE)PREPOSITION▪ down a/the hill▪A grassy path led down the hill.
▪ in the hills▪There are several lead mines in the hills above the town.
▪ on a/the hill▪The church is perched on a hill.
▪ over a/the hill▪Over the hill lies another town.
▪ up a/the hill▪A few yards up the hill, on the left, was a turning.
▪ hill above▪the hills above the town
PHRASES▪ the bottom of a/the hill, the foot of a/the hill▪A spring emerges at the bottom of the hill.
▪ the crest of a/the hill, the top of a/the hill
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
