Word Finder - top

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The highest or uppermost part of something.

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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.

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I like my ice cream topped with chocolate sauce.

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

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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).

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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.

You're already at the top of your class.

Imagine you are a defense contractor on top of the world.

He straddled a chair and leaned his arms across the top of it while he sipped his coffee.

We're on top of the world, aren't we?

She caught up with Dulce at the top of the stairs.

Keep on top of it for us, will you?

Somehow it simply wasn't top priority in her life right now.

Some people get to the top of the ladder, only to find that it's leaning against the wrong wall?

He put the bag of money on top of them and then leaped into the water.

It's a top notch hospital.

In this way two cavalry regiments galloped through the Semenovsk hollow and as soon as they reached the top of the incline turned round and galloped full speed back again.

You are already on top of the world, remember?

On top of the common-good projects supported with our tax dollars, almost all of us—certainly not just the wealthy—have causes we support.

He popped the top.

She hit the soft sand and he was instantly on top of her, wrestling the whip from her hand.

Dusty considered her before gazing back at the mutilated creature on top of the stainless steel lab counter.

Just place your hand on top of mine.

He glanced at her as he set the roasting pan on the stove top to cool.

Even the way she wore her hair, with those braids wrapped around the top of her head like a crown and the long shiny blond curls falling around her shoulders and down her back – she wasn't simply beautiful.

I am delighted to find humbugs inside the earth, just the same as on top of it.

Gabe paced as Tamer climbed a ladder to tablets stacked at the top of one limestone shelf.

I even got to the top.

As she shut the drawer, the envelopes on the top of the desk caught her attention.

It was white and busted on the top.

Her hair was still pink and in a loose bun on the top of her head.

Instantly he was on top of her, holding her hands down.

The top of her head reached his chin.

They moved out of his way as he strode through the wide hallways to the stairwell leading to the top floor, Death's floor.

You know I've never been on top?

A towel was wrapped around her and her pink hair clipped on top of her head.

Gabe climbed them, forced to go sideways to make it up to the top.

Dressed in jeans and a tank top, she plopped onto the beach then hopped up.

He read the tattoo visible through the tank top's straps.

A stainless steel sink was set into home made cabinets, whose cutting board top was marred with years of use.

He grimaced as he popped the top on the can.

On the top of a pile of clothes lay a flower and note.

She shook her head and clicked her tongue against the top of her mouth.

We'll keep on top of it and make sure they follow up.

She reached for her lap top computer on the coffee table and fired it up.

Yully listened, dismayed by the lies stacking up on top of one another.

She reached the top of the hill and gasped.

Damian lifted his head, indicating the three forms standing at the top of the hill.

The horse's eyes opened, and it lifted its muzzle over the top of the railing.

She waved Sofia over frantically before climbing on top of the sink and wriggling through the window.

He rested on top of her, breathing hard, as he pressed her into the bed.

He drove her back onto the bed, pressed her down and rested on top of her.

His solid body was on top of hers yet unattainable.

She pulled on her top, buttoned it, and chose a pin from her jewelry box.

Dean pulled down the top on his Jeep and slowly drove uptown, giving off what he hoped were candidate smiles and waves to the locals, all of whom seemed to be walking the sun drenched street.

He'd recently employed a deputy who was doing a top notch job.