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1. Meaning 1 · noun

   The highest or uppermost part of something.

   “His kite got caught at the top of the tree.”

2. Meaning 2 · noun

   A child’s spinning toy; a spinning top.

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

3. Meaning 3 · noun

   (heading) Someone who is eminent.

4. Meaning 4 · noun

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

5. Meaning 5 · noun

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

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

6. Meaning 6 · noun

   A top quark.

7. Meaning 7 · noun

   The utmost degree; the acme; the summit.

8. Meaning 8 · noun

   (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.

9. Meaning 9 · noun

   (sound) Highest pitch or loudest volume.

   “She sang at the top of her voice.”

10. Meaning 10 · noun

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

11. Meaning 11 · noun

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

12. Meaning 12 · noun

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

13. Meaning 13 · noun

    (in the plural) Topboots.

14. Meaning 14 · noun

    A stroke on the top of the ball.

15. Meaning 15 · noun

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

16. Meaning 16 · noun

    (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.

17. Meaning 17 · verb

    To cover on the top or with a top.

    “I like my ice cream topped with chocolate sauce.”

18. Meaning 18 · verb

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

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

19. Meaning 19 · verb

    To excel, to surpass, to beat.

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

20. Meaning 20 · verb

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

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

21. Meaning 21 · verb

    To commit suicide.

    “Depression causes many people to top themselves.”

22. Meaning 22 · verb

    To murder.

23. Meaning 23 · verb

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

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

24. Meaning 24 · verb

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

25. Meaning 25 · verb

    (gay sexuality) To anally penetrate.

26. Meaning 26 · verb

    To rise aloft; to be eminent; to tower.

    “lofty ridges and topping mountains”

27. Meaning 27 · verb

    To predominate.

    “topping passions”

28. Meaning 28 · verb

    To excel; to rise above others.

29. Meaning 29 · verb

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

30. Meaning 30 · verb

    (dyeing) To cover with another dye.

    “to top aniline black with methyl violet to prevent greening”

31. Meaning 31 · verb

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

32. Meaning 32 · verb

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

33. Meaning 33 · verb

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

34. Meaning 34 · verb

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

35. Meaning 35 · verb

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

36. Meaning 36 · verb

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

37. Meaning 37 · adjective

    Situated on the top of something.

38. Meaning 38 · adjective

    Best; of the highest quality or rank.

    “She's in the top dance school.”

39. Meaning 39 · adjective

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

    “He's a top lawyer.”

40. Meaning 40 · adverb

    Rated first.

    “She came top in her French exam.”

How this word is used

• Everyday “His kite got caught at the top of the tree.”
• General “The boy was amazed at how long the top would spin.”
• General “I prefer being a top, and my boyfriend prefers being a bottom.”
• General “She sang at the top of her voice.”
• Everyday “I like my ice cream topped with chocolate sauce.”
• General “I don't want to be bald, so just top my hair.”
• General “Titanic was the most successful film ever until it was topped by another Cameron film, Avatar.”
• General “Celine Dion topped the UK music charts twice in the 1990s.”
• General “Depression causes many people to top themselves.”
• General “Giving advice to the dominant partner on how to run the BDSM session is called "topping from the bottom".”
• General “lofty ridges and topping mountains”
• General “topping passions”
• General “to top aniline black with methyl violet to prevent greening”
• General “She's in the top dance school.”
• General “He's a top lawyer.”
• Everyday “She came top in her French exam.”

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