Word Finder - top

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The highest or uppermost part of something.

example

His kite got caught at the top of the tree.

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• overside
• peak
• summit

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A child’s spinning toy; a spinning top.

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The boy was amazed at how long the top would spin.

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(heading) Someone who is eminent.

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(BDSM) A dominant partner in a BDSM relationship or roleplay.

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• dom
• domme

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A man penetrating or with a preference for penetrating during homosexual intercourse.

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I prefer being a top, and my boyfriend prefers being a bottom.

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A top quark.

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The utmost degree; the acme; the summit.

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(ropemaking) A plug, or conical block of wood, with longitudinal grooves on its surface, in which the strands of the rope slide in the process of twisting.

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(sound) Highest pitch or loudest volume.

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She sang at the top of her voice.

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(wool manufacture) A bundle or ball of slivers of combed wool, from which the noils, or dust, have been taken out.

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(obsolete, except in one sense of phrase on top of) Eve; verge; point.

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The part of a cut gem between the girdle, or circumference, and the table, or flat upper surface.

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(in the plural) Topboots.

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A stroke on the top of the ball.

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A forward spin given to the ball by hitting it on or near the top.

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(in restaurants, preceded by a number) (A table at which there is, or which has enough seats for) a group of a specified number of people eating at a restaurant.

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To cover on the top or with a top.

example

I like my ice cream topped with chocolate sauce.

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To cut or remove the top (as of a tree)

example

I don't want to be bald, so just top my hair.

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To excel, to surpass, to beat.

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Titanic was the most successful film ever until it was topped by another Cameron film, Avatar.

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• beat
• best
• better
• exceed

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To be in the lead, to be at number one position (of).

example

Celine Dion topped the UK music charts twice in the 1990s.

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To commit suicide.

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Depression causes many people to top themselves.

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To murder.

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• kill
• murder
• slaughter
• slay

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(BDSM) To be the dominant partner in a BDSM relationship or roleplay.

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Giving advice to the dominant partner on how to run the BDSM session is called "topping from the bottom".

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(gay sexuality) To be the partner who penetrates in anal sex.

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(gay sexuality) To anally penetrate.

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To rise aloft; to be eminent; to tower.

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lofty ridges and topping mountains

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To predominate.

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topping passions

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To excel; to rise above others.

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To raise one end of (a yard, etc.), making it higher than the other.

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(dyeing) To cover with another dye.

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to top aniline black with methyl violet to prevent greening

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To put a stiffening piece or back on (a saw blade).

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To arrange (fruit, etc.) with the best on top.

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(of a horse) To strike the top of (an obstacle) with the hind feet while jumping, so as to gain new impetus.

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To improve (domestic animals, especially sheep) by crossing certain individuals or breeds with other superior breeds.

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To cut, break, or otherwise take off the top of (a steel ingot) to remove unsound metal.

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To strike (the ball) above the centre; also, to make (a stroke, etc.) by hitting the ball in this way.

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Situated on the top of something.

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Best; of the highest quality or rank.

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She's in the top dance school.

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Very good, of high quality, power, or rank.

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He's a top lawyer.

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Rated first.

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She came top in her French exam.