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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary
Rolling infertile land
As I was learning new words on Merriam-Webster today, I came across a word that I had never seen used in such way: Rolling.
Context: "Moor
Definition: chiefly British : an expanse of open rolling infertile land"
In this case, is it trying to express that the expanse is continuing, or that it is a litte hilly? (Google translate may have misled me in this latter definition?)
Context: "Moor
Definition: chiefly British : an expanse of open rolling infertile land"
In this case, is it trying to express that the expanse is continuing, or that it is a litte hilly? (Google translate may have misled me in this latter definition?)
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Anonymous n this case, is it trying to express that the expanse is continuing, or that it is a litte hilly? Moors are a little hilly, I believe.
- Anonymous n this case, is it trying to express that the expanse is continuing, or that it is a litte hilly?
- Moors are a little hilly, I believe.
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Anonymousn this case, is it trying to express that the expanse is continuing, or that it is a litte hilly?Moors are a little hilly, I believe.
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The adjective "rolling" comes from the expression "rolling hills," which are smooth, low hills connected by open expanses of land. Thus, a moor is an expanse of rolling infertile land: smooth, low hills connected by open expanses of infertile land, infertile because it is swampy and not easily farmed.
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