top
To cover on the top or with a topTo cover on the top or with a top.
Meaning
19 sensesTo cover on the top or with a top.
I like my ice cream topped with chocolate sauce.
покрива́тиpokryváty, покри́тиpokrýty
cut the top off
To exceed in height.
To excel, to surpass, to beat, to exceed.
Titanic was the most successful film ever until it was topped by another Cameron film, Avatar.
переве́ршуватиperevéršuvaty, переве́ршитиperevéršyty
To be in the lead, to be at number one position (of).
Celine Dion topped the UK music charts twice in the 1990s.
To cut or remove the top (as of a tree)
I don't want to be bald, so just top my hair.
Top and tail the carrots.
reach or ascend the top of
(Australia, UK, reflexive, slang)To commit suicide.
Depression causes many people to top themselves.
To be the dominant partner in a BDSM relationship or roleplay.
I used to be a slave, but I ended up topping.
Giving advice to the dominant partner on how to run the BDSM session is called "topping from the bottom".
(intransitive, transitive)To penetrate during sexual intercourse.
To raise one end of (a yard, etc.), making it higher than the other.
To cover with another dye.
to top aniline black with methyl violet to prevent greening
To put a stiffening piece or back on (a saw blade).
(dated, slang)To arrange (fruit, etc.) with the best on top.
Examples
1465 sentencesTom is the top dog here.
Тут Том керує парадом. — deniko
We stood on the top of the mountain.
Ми стояли на верхівці гори. — lingvokrolik
ruМы стояли на вершине горы. — odexed
There is a restaurant on the top floor.
На верхньому поверсі є ресторан. — ChickenKiev
They finally reached the top of the mountain.
Вони нарешті досягли вершини гори. — aandrusiak
ruОни наконец достигли вершины горы. — marafon
Tom is at the top of his class.
Том — найкращий учень у класі. — deniko
deTom ist der Beste in seiner Klasse. — wolfgangth
Translations
3 languagesBy meaning 2
Origin
From Middle English top, toppe, from Old English topp (“top, highest part; summit; crest;From Middle English top, toppe, from Old English topp (“top, highest part; summit; crest; tassel, tuft; (spinning) top, ball; a tuft or ball at the highest point of anything”), from Proto-West Germanic *topp, from Proto-Germanic *tuppaz (“braid, pigtail, end”), of unknown ultimate origin. Compare typologically Latin apex (<< Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep- (“to join, attach, fasten, fit”)).
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Forms
tops, topping, topped, toppedPhrasal verbs
3 phrasal verbsSynonyms
125 synonymsWord family
6 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
12 patterns- the top shelf
- the top of
- top shelf
- top of the
- reach the top
- at the top
- on the top
- on top of
- the top drawer
- in the top
- top of his
- to the top