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top1
noun
    1. The highest part, point or level of anything.
      Thesaurus: peak, summit, crown, head, crest, tip, apex, apogee, crowning point; Antonym: bottom.
    2a. The highest or most important rank or position;
    2b. The person holding this.
    3. The upper edge or surface of something.
    4. A lid or piece for covering the top of something.
    5. A garment for covering the upper half of the body, especially a woman's body.
    6. The highest or loudest degree or pitch.
      Example: the top of one's voice
    7. colloq
      The very best person or thing.
      Form: the tops
    8. The part of a root vegetable that is above the ground.
      Form: tops (usually)
    (Brit)
    9. autos.
adj
    1. At or being the highest or most important.
      Thesaurus: highest, uppermost, topmost; Antonym: bottom.
verb topped, topping
    1. To cover or form the top of something, especially as a finishing or decorative touch.
    2. To remove the top of something.
    3. To rise above or be better than something; to surpass.
      Thesaurus: exceed, better, beat, excel, surpass.
    4. To reach the top of something.
    5a. slang
      To kill, especially by hanging;
    5b. To commit suicide.
      Form: top oneself
    6. golf.
      To hit the upper half of (the ball).
Idiom: from top to toe
    Completely; from head to foot.
Idiom: on top of something
    In control of it.
    In addition to it.
    Very close to it.
Idiom: on top of the world
    In the very best of spirits.
Idiom: top the bill
    To head the list of performers in a show, as the main attraction.
Etymology: Anglo-Saxon.

Phrasal Verb: top something off
    To put a finishing or decorative touch to it.
Phrasal Verb: top something out
    To put the highest stone on (a building).
Phrasal Verb: top something or someone up
    To refill (someone's glass or a container, etc) that has been partly emptied.To provide money to bring (a grant, wage or money supply, etc) to the required or desirable total.



top2
noun
    1. A wooden or metal toy which spins on a pointed base. Also called spinning top.
      Thesaurus: ).
Idiom: sleep like a top
    To sleep very soundly.
Etymology: Anglo-Saxon.



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