HILL

[noun] [C] - an area of land that is higher than the surrounding landHills are not as rocky or high as mountains, and they are usually covered by plants such as grass and trees.They have built a house on the top of a hill overlooking the town.In South Australia, wine growers are going up into the hills (= an area where there are hills) in search of cooler sites for their vines.The railway line runs through rolling (= gently rising and falling) green hills, out towards the coast.She enjoys hill-walking and often spends her holidays in Wales.A hill is also a slope in a road.That hill's far too steep to cycle up.One of the manoeuvres you have to perform in your driving test is a hill start (= beginning your journey when your car is parked on a slope in a direction which faces up the slope).(informal disapproving) Someone who is over the hill is considered too old, esp. to do a particular job.Some companies think that people in their fifties are over the hill and not worth employing.(dated) Up hill and down dale means everywhere.Where have you been? We've been searching up hill and down dale for you.A hill station is a village or town high up in the hills, esp. in India, where people go in the summer to escape from the heat.Darjeeling is a hill station in the Himalayan foothills of north east India, which was once the summer residence of the Bengal government.