top
/tɔp/
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Definition
Noun:
- The highest point or part of something: The "top" is the uppermost surface, point, or level of an object or area.
- A covering or lid: A "top" can be a detachable cover for a container.
- A garment for the upper body: A "top" is an item of clothing worn on the upper part of the body.
- The highest rank or position: The "top" can refer to the highest level of achievement, authority, or degree.
Verb:
- To be at the highest point or rank: To "top" means to be the highest, best, or first.
- To exceed or surpass: To "top" means to be better than or go beyond a standard or another thing.
- To remove the upper part: To "top" means to cut off the highest part of something, like a plant.
- To provide with a top: To "top" means to finish something by adding a top part or covering.
- To hit the upper part of a ball: In sports, to "top" a ball is to strike its upper half, imparting forward spin.
Adjective:
- Highest in position, rank, or degree: "Top" describes something situated at the highest point or being the best.
Usage Examples
Noun:
- She placed the book on the top of the shelf.
- Please screw the top back onto the jar.
- She wore a red top with blue jeans.
- He is at the top of his profession.
Verb:
- She topped her class in mathematics.
- His latest novel tops all his previous work.
- The gardener topped the hedges to keep them neat.
- The tower was topped with a golden spire.
- The golfer topped the ball, and it rolled only a short distance.
Adjective:
- He has a corner office on the top floor.
- She is one of the country's top scientists.
Advanced Usage
"To come out on top": to be victorious or successful after a struggle.
- After a difficult negotiation, our company came out on top.
"To top it all off" or "on top of that": used to introduce a final, often surprising or negative, point.
- It was raining, the bus was late, and to top it all off, I forgot my umbrella.
"At the top of one's lungs/voice": as loudly as one can.
- He shouted for help at the top of his lungs.
Variants and Related Words
- Topping (n): A layer of food added on top of another, e.g., .
- Topmost (adj): Highest of all; at the very top.
- Top-level (adj): Of the highest importance or rank.
Synonyms
- Noun (peak): Summit, pinnacle, apex, crest.
- Verb (exceed): Surpass, outdo, beat, excel.
- Adjective (highest): Uppermost, foremost, leading, prime.
Related Phrasal Verbs
Top off: To finish or complete something, often by adding a final touch.
- They topped off the meal with a delicious dessert.
Top up: To refill something to its full capacity.
- Can you top up my glass with water, please?
Related Idioms
Over the top (OTT): Excessive or exaggerated.
- His reaction to the minor mistake was completely over the top.
Top dog: The person in the highest position of authority or control.
- After the merger, she became top dog in the new company.
From top to bottom: Completely; throughout.
- We cleaned the house from top to bottom.
Verb
- finish up or conclude
- They topped off their dinner with a cognac
- top the evening with champagne
- be the culminating event
- The speech crowned the meeting
- cut the top off
- top trees and bushes
- strike (the top part of a ball in golf, baseball, or pool) giving it a forward spin
- reach or ascend the top of
- The hikers topped the mountain just before noon
- provide with a top or finish the top (of a structure)
- the towers were topped with conical roofs
- be ahead of others; be the first
- she topped her class every year
- be at the top of or constitute the top or highest point
- A star tops the Christmas Tree
- pass by, over, or under without making contact
- the balloon cleared the tree tops
- be superior or better than some standard
- She exceeded our expectations
- She topped her performance of last year
Noun
- 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
- a garment (especially for women) that extends from the shoulders to the waist or hips
- he stared as she buttoned her top
- 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
- 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
- platform surrounding the head of a lower mast
- the greatest possible intensity
- he screamed at the top of his lungs
- the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development
- 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
- the first half of an inning; while the visiting team is at bat
- a relief pitcher took over in the top of the fifth
- the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill)
- the view from the peak was magnificent
- they clambered to the tip of Monadnock
- the region is a few molecules wide at the summit
- the highest or uppermost side of anything
- put your books on top of the desk
- only the top side of the box was painted
- 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
Adjective
- situated at the top or highest position
- the top shelf