Meaning

19 senses
  1. To cover on the top or with a top.

    I like my ice cream topped with chocolate sauce.

    покрива́тиpokryváty, покри́тиpokrýty

    cut the top off

  2. To exceed in height.

  3. 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

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

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

  5. 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

  6. (Australia, UK, reflexive, slang)To commit suicide.

    Depression causes many people to top themselves.

  7. 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".

  8. (intransitive, transitive)To penetrate during sexual intercourse.

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

  10. To cover with another dye.

    to top aniline black with methyl violet to prevent greening

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

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

Examples

1465 sentences
  1. Tom is the top dog here.

    Тут Том керує парадом. — deniko

  2. We stood on the top of the mountain.

    Ми стояли на верхівці гори. — lingvokrolik

    ruМы стояли на вершине горы. — odexed

  3. There is a restaurant on the top floor.

    На верхньому поверсі є ресторан. — ChickenKiev

  4. They finally reached the top of the mountain.

    Вони нарешті досягли вершини гори. — aandrusiak

    ruОни наконец достигли вершины горы. — marafon

  5. Tom is at the top of his class.

    Том — найкращий учень у класі. — deniko

    deTom ist der Beste in seiner Klasse. — wolfgangth

Translations

3 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
to cover on the top or with a top:
excel:

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, topped
Base formtop · to top
3rd person singulartops
Present participletopping
Past simpletopped
Past participletopped

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theytop
he, she, ittops

Past simpleLesson

all personstopped

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave topped
he, she, ithas topped

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill top

Phrasal verbs

3 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

125 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • finish up or conclude:top off
  • cut the top off:pinch
  • provide with a top or finish the top (of a structure):top out
  • be the culminating event:crown
  • pass by, over, or under without making contact:clear
  • be ahead of others; be the first:lead

Word family

6 related words

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

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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