hilly
/ˈhɪli/
US pronunciation
American sound/ˈhɪli/
hilly
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
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- 1st syllable stress
- Vowel
- Short i vowel
- Ending
- Final y vowel sound
hil - ly -> hilly
Myanmar meaning
Full entry
hill / hÇl/ n
၁။ တောင်ကုန်း။ a range of hills ❍ an isolated hill farm ❍ The house is on the side of a hill.
၂။ ကုန်းတက်။ push one's bike up a steep hill. See aslo ANTHILL, MOLEHILL
❏ a hill of beans [IDM ] (US infml ) နှစ်ပြားတစ်ပဲမျှတန်သည့် အရာ။ It's not worth a hill of beans (ie It is worth very little).
❏ hilly /'hÇli/ adj တောင်ကုန်းထူထပ်သော။ a hilly area/ region ❍ The countryside round here is very hilly.
❏ over the hill [IDM ] (infml ) ကျချိန်။ နေဝင်ချိန်။ Some companies think you're over the hill at 35 these days!
❏ up hill and down dale [IDM ] နေရာအနှံ့။ နေရာတကာ။ We wandered up hill and down dale in search of somewhere to eat.
More examples
- A valley surrounded by wooded hills
- The Pentland Hills
- An area popular with hill walkers
- [the top/bottom of a hill] : They climbed slowly to the top of the hill.
- [on a hill] : The village is built on a steep hill.
- [in the hills] : We went walking in the hills.
- Go up the hill and turn right at the lights.
- [the brow of a hill] : A motorcycle appeared over the brow of the hill.
Synonyms
mount, knoll, mound, prominence, rise, tor, acclivity, ascent, bank, bank up, bluff, butte, cliff, climb, down, drift, drop, dune, elevation, eminence, esker, fell, gradient, headland, heap, height, highland, hillock, hillside, hilltop, hummock, inclination, incline, laid away, lay aside, lay away, massed, massing, mesa, mountain, peak, pile, precipice, promontory, protuberance, put by, range, rick, ridge, rising ground, shock, slope, sock away, stack, summit, talus, upland
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