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hilling

SayHIL-ing/ˈhɪɫɪŋ/

2 meanings of hilling

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  1. 1
    noununcountable
    The piling of soil up around the bottoms of growing plants.

    Like piling sand up around the bottom of a sandcastle to hold it up.

    The hilling of the potato rows took us all afternoon.

    Good hilling keeps weeds down and protects the young plants.

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  2. 2
    verb
    Present participle of hill. Use this form for the action happening right now.

    The workers are hilling the potato rows this morning.

    He spent the day hilling earth up around the corn.

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hilling is a form of hill

hill, verb: To pile soil or other material into a mound, especially around the bottom of plants. Full entry

Forms
hillhills he/she/ithilling -ing formhilled past tense, past participle
Spelling
hill → hilling: add -ing

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Origin

This comes from the word "hill" plus the ending "-ing".