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hilling

hilling noun: the act or process of heaping up earth around plants. Also the present participle and gerund of hill.

Noun

hilling (usually uncountable, plural hillings)

  1. (usually) The act or process of heaping up earth around plants.
    • the hilling of potatoes

Proper noun capitalized: Hilling

Hilling (plural Hillings)

  1. A surname from Old English.

Also used as

hilling is also the present participle and gerund of hill.

Forms of hilling

Noun
pluralhillings
Proper noun
pluralHillings
alternative formHillin

Origin of hilling

From hill + -ing.

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

Questions about hilling

What does hilling mean?
Hilling means the act or process of heaping up earth around plants.
What part of speech is hilling?
Hilling can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of hilling?
The plural of hilling is hillings.

Words near hilling in the dictionary

  1. Hilligosses
  2. Hilliker
  3. Hillikers
  4. Hillin
  5. hilliness
  6. hilling
  7. Hillingdon
  8. hillings
  9. Hillington
  10. Hillins
  11. Hillis

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