| basic |
Basic things are things that are the simplest and most important. You need to learn basic things before other things. If you are learning to ride a bicycle, keeping your balance is the basic thing that you have to learn. After that, you can learn things like how to ride up a hill. [1/3 definitions] |
| bluff1 |
a hill or shore with steep sides. |
| brink |
A brink is a kind of edge. It is the top edge of a cliff or steep hill. A brink is a dangerous spot. [1/2 definitions] |
| butte |
a steep hill or mountain with a flat top that stands alone on flat land. |
| cliff |
A cliff is a high, steep hill of rock. |
| climb |
When you climb something, you go up it. When you climb a tree, you use your hands and feet to go up the tree. When a truck climbs a hill, it goes up the hill. We often use the word "climb" when going up something is hard or when it is done in a special way like using your hands and feet. [1/2 definitions] |
| coast |
to slide down a hill. [1/4 definitions] |
| crest |
the peak of a large hill, mountain, or wave. [1/4 definitions] |
| dip |
When you come to a dip in a road, it means that you come to a place where the road slopes down. A hill and a dip are the opposite of each other. [1/6 definitions] |
| downhill |
If you walk downhill, you walk in a downward direction. If your friend's house is at the top of a hill and your house is at the bottom, you have to walk downhill when you go home from your friend's house. [2/4 definitions] |
| dune |
a mound or hill of sand built up by the action of wind. |
| foothill |
a lower hill near the base of a mountain or group of mountains. |
| hill |
A hill is a high area of land. You can go up one side of a hill and down again on the other side. Hills are a little like mountains, but you can always drive or walk up to the top of a hill. Mountains are much higher and bigger than hills. [2 definitions] |
| hillside |
the side of a hill. |
| hilltop |
the highest part of a hill. |
| knoll |
a small rounded rise of land; hill. |
| landform |
a natural part of the earth like a hill, mountain, canyon or island. A landform has been made by forces that are active inside the earth or around the earth. |
| mound |
a slightly raised hill of dirt in the center of a baseball field. The pitcher throws from this mound. [1/3 definitions] |
| mount1 |
When you mount something, like a ladder or hill, you climb up it. [1/3 definitions] |
| mount2 |
a mountain or high hill. |
| mountain |
a land mass with great height and steep sides that is higher than a hill. [1/2 definitions] |