top >> tɒp
Definition: [noun] the highest or uppermost point, part, or surface of something.
Example: Doreen stood at the top of the stairs
Definition: [noun] a lid, cover, or cap.
Example: beer bottle tops
Definition: [noun] the highest or most important rank, level, or position.
Example: her talent will take her right to the top
Definition: [noun] a garment covering the upper part of the body and worn with a skirt, trousers, or shorts.
Example: he was wearing a hooded top
Definition: [noun] the end of something that is furthest from the speaker or a point of reference.
Example: the bus shelter at the top of the road
Definition: [noun] short for topspin.
Definition: [noun] a bundle of long wool fibres prepared for spinning.
Definition: [noun] a man who takes the active role in anal intercourse with another man.
Definition: [adjective] highest in position, rank, or degree.
Example: the top button of his shirt
Definition: [adjective] denoting a flavour (variety) of unstable quark having an electric charge of + 2/3. Top quarks have similar properties to up quarks and charm quarks, but are distinguished from them by having a larger mass.
Definition: [verb] exceed (an amount, level, or number); be more than.
Example: losses are expected to top £100 m this year
Definition: [verb] provide with a top or topping.
Example: toast topped with baked beans
Definition: [verb] reach the top of (a hill or other elevation).
Example: they topped a rise and began a slow descent
Definition: [verb] kill.
Example: I wasn't sorry when he topped himself
Definition: [verb] mishit (the ball or a stroke) by hitting above the centre of the ball.
Example: he topped his drive on the fifth hole
Definition: [adverb] at the most.
Example: some civil servant earning twenty-eight thousand a year, tops