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English

  1. 🔊 a garment (especially for women) that extends from the shoulders to the waist or hips
    “he stared as she buttoned her top”
  2. 🔊 covering for a hole (especially a hole in the top of a container)
    “he removed the top of the carton”
  3. 🔊 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”
  4. 🔊 platform surrounding the head of a lower mast
  5. 🔊 the greatest possible intensity
    “he screamed at the top of his lungs”
  6. 🔊 the highest or uppermost side of anything
    “put your books on top of the desk”
  7. 🔊 the upper part of anything
    “the mower cuts off the tops of the grass”
  8. 🔊 the first half of an inning
    “a relief pitcher took over in the top of the fifth”
  9. 🔊 a canvas tent to house the audience at a circus performance
    “he was afraid of a fire in the circus tent”
  10. 🔊 the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill)
    “the view from the peak was magnificent”
  11. 🔊 the highest level or degree attainable
    “his landscapes were deemed the acme of beauty”
  12. 🔊 finish up or conclude
    “They topped off their dinner with a cognac”
  13. 🔊 cut the top off
    “top trees and bushes”
  14. 🔊 strike (the top part of a ball in golf, baseball, or pool) giving it a forward spin
  15. 🔊 reach or ascend the top of
    “The hikers topped the mountain just before noon”
  16. 🔊 provide with a top or finish the top (of a structure)
    “the towers were topped with conical roofs”
  17. 🔊 be at the top of or constitute the top or highest point
    “A star tops the Christmas Tree”
  18. 🔊 be the culminating event
    “The speech crowned the meeting”
  19. 🔊 pass by, over, or under without making contact
    “the balloon cleared the tree tops”
  20. 🔊 be ahead of others
    “she topped her class every year”
  21. 🔊 be superior or better than some standard
    “She exceeded our expectations”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 activo top
  2. 🔊 cima top
  3. 🔊 cofa top
  4. 🔊 hombre top
  5. 🔊 tope top, limit
  6. 🔊 sumidad top, peak, apex
  7. 🔊 mejor top, highest, finest (e.g. highest quality, highest bidder, top of one's class, in top form, finest food and wine, finest hotel, etc.)

Similar words

circus tent big top round top cover whirligig teetotum spinning top peak crown crest tip summit top side upper side upside acme height elevation peak pinnacle summit superlative meridian tiptop