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English

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Etymology

summit or crest

Pronunciation


Noun

  1. That part of an object furthest away in the opposite direction from that in which an unsupported object would fall.
  2. : His kite got caught at the top of the tree.
  3. The part viewed, or intended to be viewed, nearest the edge of the visual field normally occupied by the uppermost visible objects.
  4. : Headings appear at the tops of pages. Or, Further weather information can be found at the top of your television screen.
  5. A lid, cap or cover of a container.
  6. A garment worn to cover the torso.
  7. A child’s spinning toy; a spinning top
  8. A framework at the top of a ship's mast to which rigging is attached
  9. The first half of an inning, during which the home team fields and the visiting team bats.
  10. A dominant partner in a BDSM relationship or roleplay.
  11. A gay man who likes take an active sexual role rather than a passive role (e.g. to penetrate in anal sex rather than be penetrated).


Synonyms

  • (part seen, or intended to be seen, nearest the edge of the visual field normally occupied by the uppermost visible objects): head (of a page)
  • (lid): cap, cover, lid


Antonyms

  • (part of an object furthest away in the opposite direction from that in which an unsupported object would fall): base, bottom, underside
  • (part seen, or intended to be seen, nearest the edge of the visual field normally occupied by the uppermost visible objects): foot (of a page)
  • (garment): bottoms
  • (sexual slang): bottom
  • (gay sexual slang): bottom


Derived terms

Translations

Verb

{{en-verb|top|p|ing}}

  1. To cover on the top or with a top.
  2. To cut or remove the top (as of a tree)
  3. To excel, to beat.
  4. To kill, murder.


Synonyms


Derived terms


Translations

  • Spanish: ser exitoso, ser un éxito, rindir
  • Swedish: överträffa

slang: to murder

Translations to be checked


Adjective

top

  1. best.


Related terms


Translations


Adverb

top

  1. Rated first.
  2. : She came top in her French exam.


Synonyms


See also


Anagrams


Category:1000 English basic words

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Crimean Tatar

Noun

top

  1. ball
  2. lump
  3. cannon


Declension

{{crh-latin-noun|nıñ|qa|nı|ta|tan}}

Derived terms

: [1]babaytop : [2]toplaşuv : [3]topçu : [3] top qundağı

References

Category:Crimean Tatar nouns

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Croatian

Noun

top

  1. rook


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Danish

Noun

top

  1. summit, peak
  2. hairpiece
  3. top


Derived terms


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Dutch

Noun

top (plural: toppen, diminutive topje)

  1. top (uppermost part)


Antonyms


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Kurdish

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Noun

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  1. ball (object, generally spherical, used for playing games)


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Slovene

Etymology

Common Slavic *tup.

Adjective

top

  1. blunt


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Turkish

Noun

top

  1. ball
  2. cannon


Category:Turkish nouns

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Top \Top\, n. [CF. OD. dop, top, OHG., MNG., & dial. G. topf;
perhaps akin to G. topf a pot.]
1. A child's toy, commonly in the form of a conoid or pear,
made to spin on its point, usually by drawing off a string
wound round its surface or stem, the motion being
sometimes continued by means of a whip.
[1913 Webster]

2. (Rope Making) A plug, or conical block of wood, with
longitudital grooves on its surface, in which the strands
of the rope slide in the process of twisting.
[1913 Webster]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Top \Top\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Topped; p. pr. & vb. n.
Topping.]
1. To rise aloft; to be eminent; to tower; as, lofty ridges
and topping mountains. --Derham.
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2. To predominate; as, topping passions. "Influenced by
topping uneasiness." --Locke.
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3. To excel; to rise above others.
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But write thy, and top. --Dryden.
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4. (Golf) To strike a ball above the center.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

5. (Naut.) To rise at one end, as a yard; -- usually with up.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Top \Top\, n. [AS. top; akin to OFries. top a tuft, D. top top,
OHG. zopf end, tip, tuft of hair, G. zopf tuft of hair,
pigtail, top of a tree, Icel. toppr a tuft of hair, crest,
top, Dan. top, Sw. topp pinnacle, top; of uncertain origin.
Cf. Tuft.]
1. The highest part of anything; the upper end, edge, or
extremity; the upper side or surface; summit; apex;
vertex; cover; lid; as, the top of a spire; the top of a
house; the top of a mountain; the top of the ground.
[1913 Webster]

The star that bids the shepherd fold,
Now the top of heaven doth hold. --Milton.
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2. The utmost degree; the acme; the summit.
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The top of my ambition is to contribute to that
work. --Pope.
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3. The highest rank; the most honorable position; the utmost
attainable place; as, to be at the top of one's class, or
at the top of the school.
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And wears upon his baby brow the round
And top of sovereignty. --Shak.
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4. The chief person; the most prominent one.
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Other . . . aspired to be the top of zealots.
--Milton.
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5. The crown of the head, or the hair upon it; the head.
"From top to toe" --Spenser.
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All the stored vengeance of Heaven fall
On her ungrateful top ! --Shak.
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6. The head, or upper part, of a plant.
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The buds . . . are called heads, or tops, as
cabbageheads. --I. Watts.
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7. (Naut.) A platform surrounding the head of the lower mast
and projecting on all sudes. It serves to spead the
topmast rigging, thus strengheningthe mast, and also
furnishes a convenient standing place for the men aloft.
--Totten.
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8. (Wool Manuf.) A bundle or ball of slivers of comkbed wool,
from which the noils, or dust, have been taken out.
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9. Eve; verge; point. [R.] "He was upon the top of his
marriage with Magdaleine." --Knolles.
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10. The part of a cut gem between the girdle, or
circumference, and the table, or flat upper surface.
--Knight.
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11. pl. Top-boots. [Slang] --Dickens.
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12. (Golf)
(a) A stroke on the top of the ball.
(b) A forward spin given to the ball by hitting it on or
near the top.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

Note: Top is often used adjectively or as the first part of
compound words, usually self-explaining; as, top stone,
or topstone; top-boots, or top boots; top soil, or
top-soil.
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Top and but (Shipbuilding), a phrase used to denote a
method of working long tapering planks by bringing the but
of one plank to the top of the other to make up a constant
breadth in two layers.

Top minnow (Zool.), a small viviparous fresh-water fish
(Gambusia patruelis) abundant in the Southern United
States. Also applied to other similar species.

From top to toe, from head to foot; altogether.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Top \Top\, v. t.
1. To cover on the top; to tip; to cap; -- chiefly used in
the past participle.
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Like moving mountains topped with snow. --Waller.
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A mount
Of alabaster, topped with golden spires. --Milton.
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2. To rise above; to excel; to outgo; to surpass.
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Topping all others in boasting. --Shak.
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Edmund the base shall top the legitimate. --Shak.
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3. To rise to the top of; to go over the top of.
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But wind about till thou hast topped the hill.
--Denham.
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4. To take off the or upper part of; to crop.
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Top your rose trees a little with your knife.
--Evelyn.
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5. To perform eminently, or better than before.
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From endeavoring universally to top their parts,
they will go universally beyond them. --Jeffrey.
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6. (Naut.) To raise one end of, as a yard, so that that end
becomes higher than the other.
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7. (Dyeing) To cover with another dye; as, to top aniline
black with methyl violet to prevent greening and crocking.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

8. To put a stiffening piece or back on (a saw blade).
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

9. To arrange, as fruit, with the best on top. [Cant]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

10. To strike the top of, as a wall, with the hind feet, in
jumping, so as to gain new impetus; -- said of a horse.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

11. To improve (domestic animals, esp. sheep) by crossing
certain individuals or breeds with other superior.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

12. (Naut.) To raise one end of, as a yard, so that that end
becomes higher than the other.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

13. To cut, break, or otherwise take off the top of (a steel
ingot) to remove unsound metal.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

14. (Golf) To strike (the ball) above the center; also, to
make (as a stroke) by hitting the ball in this way.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

To top off,
(a) to complete by putting on, or finishing, the top or
uppermost part of; as, to top off a stack of hay;
hence, to complete; to finish; to adorn.
(b) to completely fill (an almost full tank) by adding
more of the liquid it already contains.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
WordNet top
adj 1: situated at the top or highest position; "the top shelf"
[syn: top(a)] [ant: bottom(a), side(a)]
2: not to be surpassed; "his top effort" [syn: greatest]
n 1: the upper part of anything; "the mower cuts off the tops of
the grass"; "the title should be written at the top of
the first page"
2: the highest or uppermost side of anything; "put your books
on top of the desk"; "only the top side of the box was
painted" [syn: top side, upper side, upside]
3: the top point of a mountain or hill; "the view from the peak
was magnificent"; "they clambered to the summit of
Monadnock" [syn: peak, crown, crest, tip, summit]
4: the first half of an inning; while the visiting team is at
bat; "a relief pitcher took over in the top of the fifth"
[syn: top of the inning] [ant: bottom]
5: the highest level or degree attainable; "his landscapes were
deemed the acme of beauty"; "the artist's gifts are at
their acme"; "at the height of her career"; "the peak of
perfection"; "summer was at its peak"; "...catapulted
Einstein to the pinnacle of fame"; "the summit of his
ambition"; "so many highest superlatives achieved by man";
"at the top of his profession" [syn: acme, height, elevation,
peak, pinnacle, summit, superlative]
6: the greatest possible intensity; "he screamed at the top of
his lungs"
7: platform surrounding the head of a lower mast
8: a conical child's plaything tapering to a steel point on
which it can be made to spin; "he got a bright red top and
string for his birthday" [syn: whirligig, teetotum, {spinning
top}]
9: covering for a hole (especially a hole in the top of a
container); "he removed the top of the carton"; "he
couldn't get the top off of the bottle"; "put the cover
back on the kettle" [syn: cover]
10: a garment (especially for women) that extends from the
shoulders to the waist or hips; "he stared as she
buttoned her top"
11: a canvas tent to house the audience at a circus performance;
"he was afraid of a fire in the circus tent"; "they had
the big top up in less than an hour" [syn: circus tent,
big top, round top]
v 1: go beyond; "She exceeded our expectations"; "She topped her
performance of last year" [syn: exceed, transcend, overstep,
pass, go past]
2: pass by, over, or under without making contact; "the balloon
cleared the tree tops" [syn: clear]
3: be at the top of or constitute the top or highest point; "A
star tops the Christmas Tree"
4: be ahead of others; be the first; "she topped her class
every year" [syn: lead]
5: provide with a top; "the towers were topped with conical
roofs"
6: reach or ascend the top of; "The hikers topped the mountain
just before noon"
7: strike (the top part of a ball in golf, baseball, or pool)
giving it a forward spin
8: cut the top off; "top trees and bushes" [syn: pinch]
9: be the culminating event; "The speech crowned the meeting"
[syn: crown]
10: finish up or conclude; "They topped off their dinner with a
cognac"; "top the evening with champagne" [syn: top off]
[also: topping, topped]
Moby Dictionary
Establishment , VIP , acmatic , acme , acme of perfection , agate , all ,
apex , apical , apogee , ball , baron , baseball bat , bat , battledore ,
bauble , beat , best , bestraddle , bestride , better , big gun , big man ,
big name , big top , bigwig , blocks , bonnet , border , brass ,
brass hat , brow , bureaucracy , canvas , cap , capital , carousel , ceil ,
ceiling , celebrity , checkerboard , chessboard , chief , choice ,
circumference , clear , climax , clip , cloud nine , club , cockhorse ,
coif , command , consummate , consummation , cork , cortex , costly ,
cover , covering , cream , crest , cricket bat , crop , crown , crust ,
cue , culmen , culminate , culmination , curtail , cusp , dear ,
dear-bought , dignitary , dignity , directorate , disk , dock , doll ,
doll carriage , dome , dominate , eaves , edge , elder , elite , end ,
envelope , epidermis , exceed , excel , expensive , exterior , external ,
extreme , extreme limit , extremity , facade , face , facet , fancy , fat ,
father , figure , fine , first-class , first-rate , first-string ,
flower , fringe , front , frost , gewgaw , gimcrack , go one better ,
golf club , great man , greatest , hat , head , headmost , heaven ,
heavens , height , hierarchy , high , high noon , high-priced ,
higher echelons , higher-ups , highest , highest degree ,
highest pitch , highest point , hobbyhorse , hood , housetop , ice ,
important person , improve on , integument , interests ,
jack-in-the-box , jacks , jackstones , jackstraws , kickshaw ,
knickknack , lantern , last word , lid , limit , lineaments , lion ,
look down upon , lords of creation , luxurious , magnate , man of mark ,
management , marble , marionette , maximal , maximum , meridian ,
meridional , merry-go-round , mig , ministry , mogul , most ,
mountaintop , nabob , name , ne plus ultra , no place higher , noon ,
not affordable , notability , notable , nth degree , of great cost ,
officialdom , operculum , outdo , outer face , outer layer , outer side ,
outer skin , outline , outshine , outside , outstrip , outtop , outweigh ,
overarch , overbalance , overbear , overcome , overhead , overlook ,
overmost , overpass , overshadow , overtop , panjandrum , paper doll ,
paramount , peak , penthouse , perfect , perfection , periphery ,
person of renown , personage , personality , pick , pick-up sticks ,
pillar of society , pink , pink of perfection , pinnacle , pinwheel ,
pitch , plafond , plaything , point , pole , pollard , power ,
power elite , predominate , preeminent , prelacy , premium ,
preponderate , prevail , pricey , pride , prime , prize , prune , puppet ,
racket , rag doll , rich , ridge , ridgepole , rind , rise above ,
rocking horse , roller , rolling stone , roof , roof garden , roof in ,
roof-deck , roofage , roofing , roofpole , rooftop , rooftree , rotator ,
rotor , round top , roundabout , ruling circle , ruling class ,
ruling classes , rundle , sachem , seventh heaven , shell , shingles ,
shorten , skin , sky , skylight , slates , somebody , something , spire ,
sport , steelie , steep , stiff , stopper , summit , summital , sumptuous ,
superficies , superior , superlative , superstratum , supreme , surface ,
surmount , surpass , taw , teetotum , tent , tentage , the Establishment ,
the administration , the authorities , the great , the ingroup ,
the interests , the people upstairs , the power elite ,
the power structure , the top , the whole , them , they , tiles , tip ,
tip-top , top brass , top off , top people , top-notch , topmost ,
tower above , tower over , toy , toy soldier , transcend , trim ,
trinket , trump , truncate , tycoon , ultimate , unpayable , upmost ,
upper extremity , uppermost , utmost , utmost extent , uttermost ,
vertex , vertical , very important person , very top , wheel ,
whim-wham , whirlabout , whirler , whirligig , whitetop , worthy ,
zenith , zenithal


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