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# {{rfc-sense}} The highest part of an object.
# {{rfc-sense}} The highest part of an object.
#: ''His kite got caught at the '''top''' of the tree.''
#: {{usex|lang=en|His kite got caught at the '''top''' of the tree.}}
# The part viewed, or intended to be viewed, nearest the edge of the visual field normally occupied by the uppermost visible objects.<!-- More gibberish. -->
# The part viewed, or intended to be viewed, nearest the edge of the visual field normally occupied by the uppermost visible objects.<!-- More gibberish. -->
#: ''Headings appear at the '''tops''' of pages.'' Or, ''Further weather information can be found at the '''top''' of your television screen.''
#: {{usex|lang=en|Headings appear at the '''tops''' of pages.}}
#: {{usex|lang=en|Further weather information can be found at the '''top''' of your television screen.}}
# A [[lid]], [[cap]] or [[cover]] of a container.
# A [[lid]], [[cap]] or [[cover]] of a container.
#: ''Put a '''top''' on the toothpaste tube or it will go bad.''
#: {{usex|lang=en|Put a '''top''' on the toothpaste tube or it will go bad.}}
# A [[garment]] worn to cover the [[torso]].
# A [[garment]] worn to cover the [[torso]].
#: ''I bought this '''top''' as it matches by jeans.''
#: {{usex|lang=en|I bought this '''top''' as it matches by jeans.}}
# A child’s [[spin]]ning [[toy]]; a [[spinning top]].
# A child’s [[spin]]ning [[toy]]; a [[spinning top]].
#: ''The boy was amazed at how long the '''top''' would spin.''
#: {{usex|lang=en|The boy was amazed at how long the '''top''' would spin.}}
# {{context|nautical|lang=en}} A [[framework]] at the top of a [[ship]]'s [[mast]] to which [[rigging]] is attached
# {{context|nautical|lang=en}} A [[framework]] at the top of a [[ship]]'s [[mast]] to which [[rigging]] is attached.
# {{context|baseball|lang=en}} The first half of an inning, during which the home team fields and the visiting team bats.
# {{context|baseball|lang=en}} The first half of an inning, during which the home team fields and the visiting team bats.
# {{context|BDSM|lang=en}} A [[dominant]] partner in a [[BDSM]] relationship or [[roleplay]].
# {{context|BDSM|lang=en}} A [[dominant]] partner in a [[BDSM]] relationship or [[roleplay]].
# {{context|LGBT|slang|lang=en}} A man penetrating or with a preference for penetrating during homosexual [[intercourse]].
# {{context|LGBT|slang|lang=en}} A man penetrating or with a preference for penetrating during homosexual [[intercourse]].
#: ''I prefer being a '''top''', and my boyfriend prefers being a bottom.''
#: {{usex|lang=en|I prefer being a '''top''', and my boyfriend prefers being a bottom.}}
# {{context|physics|lang=en}} A [[top quark]].
# {{context|physics|lang=en}} A [[top quark]].
# The [[leader]]s in a competition
# The [[leader]]s in a competition.
#* {{quote-news|year=2011|date=September 29|author=Tom Rostance|work=BBC Sport
#* {{quote-news
⚫
|title=[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/15014644.stm Stoke 2-1 Besiktas]
|year=2011
|date=September 29
|author=Tom Rostance
|title=Stoke 2 - 1 Besiktas
|work=BBC Sport
⚫
|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/15014644.stm
|page=
|passage=After drawing their first game in Kiev the Potters are now '''top''' of Europa League Group E ahead of back-to-back games with Maccabi Tel-Aviv.}}
|passage=After drawing their first game in Kiev the Potters are now '''top''' of Europa League Group E ahead of back-to-back games with Maccabi Tel-Aviv.}}
# {{context|ropemaking|lang=en}} A plug, or conical block of wood, with [[longitudinal]] [[groove]]s on its surface, in which the strands of the rope slide in the process of twisting.
# {{context|ropemaking|lang=en}} A plug, or conical block of wood, with [[longitudinal]] [[groove]]s on its surface, in which the strands of the rope slide in the process of twisting.
# {{context|sound|lang=en}} Highest pitch or loudest.
#: {{usex|lang=en|She sang at the '''top''' of her voice.}}
#*{{quote-book|year=1913|author={{w|Joseph C. Lincoln}}|chapter=7
|title=[http://openlibrary.org/works/OL5535161W Mr. Pratt's Patients]
|passage=I made a speaking trumpet of my hands and commenced to whoop “Ahoy!” and “Hello!” at the '''top''' of my lungs. […] The Colonel woke up, and, after asking what in brimstone was the matter, opened his mouth and roared “Hi!” and “Hello!” like the bull of Bashan.}}


====Synonyms====
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See also: TOP

English

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Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English (deprecated template usage) top, (deprecated template usage) toppe, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English (deprecated template usage) top, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic Template:term/t, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European Template:term/t. Cognate with (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Scots (deprecated template usage) tap, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] North Frisian (deprecated template usage) top, (deprecated template usage) tap, (deprecated template usage) tup, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Saterland Frisian (deprecated template usage) Top, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] West Frisian (deprecated template usage) top, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Dutch (deprecated template usage) top, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Low German (deprecated template usage) Topp, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] German (deprecated template usage) Zopf, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] German (deprecated template usage) Top, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Swedish (deprecated template usage) topp, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Icelandic (deprecated template usage) toppur. Related also to (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old High German (deprecated template usage) zumpfo.

Pronunciation

Noun

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top (plural tops)

  1. (Can we clean up(+) this sense?)Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "{{{1}}}" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. The highest part of an object.
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  2. The part viewed, or intended to be viewed, nearest the edge of the visual field normally occupied by the uppermost visible objects.
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  3. A lid, cap or cover of a container.
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  4. A garment worn to cover the torso.
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  5. A child’s spinning toy; a spinning top.
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  6. (deprecated template usage) (nautical) A framework at the top of a ship's mast to which rigging is attached.
  7. (deprecated template usage) (baseball) The first half of an inning, during which the home team fields and the visiting team bats.
  8. (deprecated template usage) (BDSM) A dominant partner in a BDSM relationship or roleplay.
  9. (deprecated template usage) (LGBT, slang) A man penetrating or with a preference for penetrating during homosexual intercourse.
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  10. (deprecated template usage) (physics) A top quark.
  11. The leaders in a competition.
  12. (deprecated template usage) (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.
  13. (deprecated template usage) (sound) Highest pitch or loudest.
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Synonyms

  • (part seen, or intended to be seen, nearest the edge of the visual field normally occupied by the uppermost visible objects): head (of a page)
  • (lid): cap, cover, lid
  • (LGBT): pitcher, active, seme (Japanese fiction)

Antonyms

  • (part of an object furthest away in the opposite direction from that in which an unsupported object would fall): base, bottom, underside
  • (part seen, or intended to be seen, nearest the edge of the visual field normally occupied by the uppermost visible objects): foot (of a page)
  • (garment): bottoms
  • (BDSM): bottom
  • (gay sexual slang): bottom, passive, pathic

Derived terms

Terms derived from top (noun)

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Translations

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Verb

top (third-person singular simple present top, present participle p, simple past and past participle ing)

  1. To cover on the top or with a top.
    I like my ice cream topped with chocolate sauce.
  2. 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.
  3. To excel, to surpass, to beat.
    Titanic was the most-successful film ever until it was topped by another Cameron film, Avatar.
  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. (deprecated template usage) (British, slang) To commit suicide, (rare) to murder.
    Depression causes many people to top themselves.
  6. (deprecated template usage) (BDSM) 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".
  7. (deprecated template usage) (slang, gay sexuality) To be the partner who penetrates in anal sex.
  8. (deprecated template usage) (archaic) To rise aloft; to be eminent; to tower.
    lofty ridges and topping mountains
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  9. (deprecated template usage) (archaic) To predominate.
    topping passions
    • John Locke
      influenced by topping uneasiness
  10. (deprecated template usage) (archaic) To excel; to rise above others.
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Synonyms

Derived terms

Translations

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Adjective

top (not comparable)

  1. (deprecated template usage) (informal) Best; of the highest quality or rank.
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  2. (deprecated template usage) (informal) Very good, of high quality.
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Related terms

Translations

Adverb

top (not comparable)

  1. Rated first.
    She came top in her French exam.

Synonyms

See also

Statistics

Anagrams

Albanian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ottoman Turkish (deprecated template usage) طوپ (top).

Noun

top

  1. ball

Baure

Noun

top

  1. fog

Crimean Tatar

Noun

top

  1. ball
  2. lump
  3. cannon

Declension

Declension of top
nominative top
genitive topnıñ
dative topqa
accusative topnı
locative topta
ablative toptan

Derived terms

References

  • Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎[1], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

Danish

Noun

top c (singular definite toppen, plural indefinite toppe)

  1. summit, peak
  2. hairpiece
  3. top (uppermost part, lid, cap, cover, garment worn to cover the torso, child’s spinning toy)

Derived terms

Inflection

Declension of top
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative top toppen toppe toppene
genitive tops toppens toppes toppenes

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

top m (plural toppen, diminutive topje n)

  1. top (uppermost part)

Antonyms

Anagrams

Kurdish

Noun

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  1. ball (object, generally spherical, used for playing games)
  2. cannon

Mopan Maya

Adjective

top

  1. very

References

  • Hofling, Charles Andrew (2011). Mopan Maya–Spanish–English Dictionary, University of Utah Press.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ottoman Turkish (deprecated template usage) طوپ (top).

Noun

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  1. cannon
  2. (deprecated template usage) (chess) rook

Declension

Declension of top
singular plural
nominative top topovi
genitive topa topova
dative topu topovima
accusative top topove
vocative tope topovi
locative topu topovima
instrumental topom topovima

Slovene

Etymology 1

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Slavic Template:term/t.

Pronunciation

Adjective

tòp (comparative bȍlj tòp, superlative nȁjbolj tòp)

  1. blunt
Declension
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Hard
masculine feminine neuter
nom. sing. tòp tôpa tôpo
singular
masculine feminine neuter
nominative tòp ind
tôpi def 		tôpa tôpo
genitive tôpega tôpe tôpega
dative tôpemu tôpi tôpemu
accusative nominativeinan or
genitiveanim 		tôpo tôpo
locative tôpem tôpi tôpem
instrumental tôpim tôpo tôpim
dual
masculine feminine neuter
nominative tôpa tôpi tôpi
genitive tôpih tôpih tôpih
dative tôpima tôpima tôpima
accusative tôpa tôpi tôpi
locative tôpih tôpih tôpih
instrumental tôpima tôpima tôpima
plural
masculine feminine neuter
nominative tôpi tôpe tôpa
genitive tôpih tôpih tôpih
dative tôpim tôpim tôpim
accusative tôpe tôpe tôpa
locative tôpih tôpih tôpih
instrumental tôpimi tôpimi tôpimi

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Etymology 2

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ottoman Turkish (deprecated template usage) طوپ (top).

Noun

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  1. cannon
Declension
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Masculine inan., hard o-stem, plural in -ôv-
nom. sing. top
gen. sing. topa
singular dual plural
nominative
(imenovȃlnik) 		top topôva topôvi
genitive
(rodȋlnik) 		topa topôv topôv
dative
(dajȃlnik) 		topu topôvoma topôvom
accusative
(tožȋlnik) 		top topôva topôve
locative
(mẹ̑stnik) 		topu topôvih topôvih
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik) 		topom topôvoma topôvi

Turkish

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Turkic tōp, tolp.

Noun

top (definite accusative topu, plural toplar)

  1. ball
  2. cannon
  3. (deprecated template usage) (slang) gay

Declension

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Volapük

Etymology

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Noun

top (nominative plural tops)

  1. place

Declension

declension of top
singular plural
nominative top tops
genitive topa topas
dative tope topes
accusative topi topis
vocative 1 o top! o tops!
predicative 2 topu topus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only

Related terms

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