noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ big , high , long , tall
▪
The bus sped down the long ~.
▪ little , low , small
▪
The town is set on a small ~.
▪ sloping
▪ steep
▪ gentle , slight
▪ rolling ~s , undulating ~s
▪
The landscape is made up of low, rolling ~s.
▪ 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 ~s
▪ isolated ( esp. BrE )
▪ remote
▪ surrounding ~s
▪
Troops forced villagers to flee to the surrounding ~s.
▪ coastal
▪ chalk , limestone , etc.
▪
the limestone ~s of Kentucky
▪ ski ( AmE )
VERB + HILL
▪ ascend ( formal ), climb , climb up , go up , scale
▪
They climbed a steep ~ and came to the town.
▪ crest , top (both esp. AmE )
▪
They crested a small ~ and then the path curved.
▪ come down , descend ( formal )
▪ take to the ~s ( literary )
▪
We took to the ~s in a variety of four-wheel-drive vehicles.
▪ roam the ~s , walk the ~s
▪ cover , dot
▪
Olive groves cover the ~s.
▪
the houses which dotted the ~
HILL + VERB
▪ overlook sth , rise
▪
a ~ overlooking the wide valley below
▪
Wooded ~s rise behind the town.
▪ surround sth
HILL + 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 ~ stations.
▪ country
▪ tribe
▪ fort
▪ top (usually hilltop )
▪ slope
▪ start (= starting a vehicle on a slope) ( BrE )
PREPOSITION
▪ down a/the ~
▪
A grassy path led down the ~.
▪ in the ~s
▪
There are several lead mines in the ~s above the town.
▪ on a/the ~
▪
The church is perched on a ~.
▪ over a/the ~
▪
Over the ~ lies another town.
▪ up a/the ~
▪
A few yards up the ~, on the left, was a turning.
▪ ~ above
▪
the ~s above the town
PHRASES
▪ the bottom of a/the ~ , the foot of a/the ~
▪
A spring emerges at the bottom of the ~.
▪ the crest of a/the ~ , the top of a/the ~