hill

Significado

Noun

1. An elevated landmass smaller than a mountain.
2. A sloping road.
3. A heap of earth surrounding a plant.
4. A single cluster or group of plants growing close together, and having the earth heaped up about them.
5. The pitcher’s mound.
6. The raised portion of the surface of a vinyl record.

Verb

1. To form into a heap or mound.
2. To heap or draw earth around plants.

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/hɪl/

Etimología

From Middle English hil, from Old English hyll (“hill”), from Proto-Germanic *hulliz (“hill”), from Proto-Indo-European *kl̥Hnís (“top, hill, rock”) (compare also Proto-Germanic *halluz (“stone, rock”)).
Cognate with Middle Dutch hille, hulle (“hill”), Low German hull (“hill”), Old Norse hóll (“hill”), Latin collis (“hill”), Lithuanian kalnas, Albanian kallumë (“big pile, tall heap”), Russian холм (xolm, “hill”), Old English holm (“rising land, island”). More at holm.

Oraciones

At some high hill passes the range provides cool sites appropriate for vineyards .

En algunos pases de alta colina, la gama proporciona sitios frescos apropiados para viñedos.