name
Meaning 1
A surname from Old English.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
hilling
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CMU ARPABET: HH IH1 L IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
The act or process of heaping up earth around plants.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Topics: agriculture, business, horticulture, lifestyle
Examples
- the hilling of potatoes
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verb
Meaning 3
present participle and gerund of hill
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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History
Etymology
Topographic surname for a person living on a hill, from an unattested Old English word *hylling (“hill-dweller”).
From hill + -ing.
Real reading context