US /hild/ UK /hiːld/
verb noun

Meanings

  1. 1
    verb

    to incline, bend, or slope (archaic/dialectal)

    The old roof seemed to hield toward the garden under its own weight.

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Synonyms
1 verb · to incline, bend, or slope... inclineslopebendleantiltslant

Etymology

From Old English hieldan ('to incline, bend, slope'), from Proto-Germanic *halþijaną ('to tilt, lean'); now archaic or dialectal.

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