hilled

Covered with earth

Hilled describes something that has been mounded with soil, typically plants whose bases are covered with earth to promote growth or protect roots: hilled potatoes, hilled corn.

The past tense of hill as a verb, it appears most often in gardening and agriculture contexts.

landform

knoll

Small rounded hill

moundHeaped earth formation
hummockLow earthen mound
drumlinStreamlined glacial hill

butte · tor · kopje · tumulus · barrow · esker · moraine · outcrop · rise · swell

agricultural

mounding

Building into raised piles

ridgingCreating raised linear formations
potatoesEdible underground tubers
cultivationFostering growth through care

earthing · rows · furrows · planting · tillage · soil · beds · banking · trenching · vegetables

terrain

slopes

Angled ground surfaces

valleysLow areas between hills
highlandsElevated, hilly land areas
ridgesNarrow elevated formations

contours · elevation · grades · inclines · countryside · landscape · topography · peaks · summits · plateaus

Opposites

gardening/agricultural method

hilledunmounded

Not formed into piles

exposed · uncovered · trenched · furrowed · mulched

topographical character

hilledflat

Lacking vertical variation

level · plain · lowland · flatland · planar

Phrases

over the hillPast one's peak
Black HillsForested Dakota mountains
run for the hillsUrgent retreat to safety
king of the hillSupreme position holder
Benny HillBritish slapstick television comedian
rolling hillsGently rising, falling landscape

Family

hill, hills, uphill, hilly, downhill, hillside, hilltop, hillock, anthill

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