1. [n]  structure consisting of an artificial heap or bank usually of earth or stones; "they built small mounds to hide behind"
2. [n]  (in baseball) the slight elevation on which the pitcher stands
3. [n]  a local and well-defined elevation of the land
4. [n]  risque English comedian (1925-1992)
5. [n]  United States railroad tycoon (1838-1916)
6. [v]  form into a hill

1. \Hill\, n. [OE. hil, hul, AS. hyll; akin to OD. hille, hil,
   L. collis, and prob. to E. haulm, holm, and column. Cf. 2d
   {Holm}.]
   1. A natural elevation of land, or a mass of earth rising
      above the common level of the surrounding land; an
      eminence less than a mountain.
            Every mountain and hill shall be made low. --Is. xl.
                                                  4.
   2. The earth raised about the roots of a plant or cluster of
      plants. [U. S.] See {Hill}, v. t.
   3. A single cluster or group of plants growing close
      together, and having the earth heaped up about them; as, a
      hill of corn or potatoes. [U. S.]
   {Hill ant} (Zo["o]l.), a common ant ({Formica rufa}), of
      Europe and America, which makes mounds or ant-hills over
      its nests.
   {Hill myna} (Zo["o]l.), one of several species of birds of
      India, of the genus {Gracula}, and allied to the
      starlings. They are easily taught to speak many words.
      [Written also {hill mynah}.] See {Myna}.
   {Hill partridge} (Zo["o]l.), a partridge of the genus
      {Aborophila}, of which numerous species in habit Southern
      Asia and the East Indies.
   {Hill tit} (Zo["o]l.), one of numerous species of small
      Asiatic singing birds of the family {Leiotrichid[ae]}.
      Many are beautifully colored.
   

2. \Hill\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hilled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Hilling}.]
   To surround with earth; to heap or draw earth around or upon;
   as, to hill corn.
         Showing them how to plant and hill it.   --Palfrey.
   

(1.) Heb. gib'eah, a curved or rounded hill, such as are common to Palestine (Ps. 65:12; 72:3; 114:4, 6).

(2.) Heb. har, properly a mountain range rather than an individual eminence (Ex. 24:4, 12, 13, 18; Num. 14:40, 44, 45). In Deut. 1:7, Josh. 9:1; 10:40; 11:16, it denotes the elevated district of Judah, Benjamin, and Ephraim, which forms the watershed between the Mediterranean and the Dead Sea.

(3.) Heb. ma'aleh in 1 Sam. 9:11. Authorized Version "hill" is correctly rendered in the Revised Version "ascent."

(4.) In Luke 9:37 the "hill" is the Mount of Transfiguration.