top 意味

名詞 (Noun)PLtopsPREtop-

(Can we clean up(+) this sense?)The highest part or component of an object.
1. His kite got caught at the top of the tree. ‎
2. Further weather information can be found at the top of your television screen. Headings appear at the tops of pages. ‎
3. Put a top on the toothpaste tube or it will go bad. ‎
4. I bought this top as it matches my jeans. ‎
5. from top to toe

A child’s spinning toy; a spinning top.

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

(heading) Someone who is eminent.

to be the top of zealots
to be at the top of one's class, or at the top of the school ‎

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

(LGBT) SLA A man penetrating or with a preference for penetrating during homosexual intercourse.

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

(physics) A top quark.

The utmost degree; the acme; the summit.

(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.

(sound) Highest pitch or loudest.

She sang at the top of her voice. ‎

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

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

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

(in the plural, slang, dated) Topboots.

(golf) A stroke on the top of the ball.

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

(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.

動詞 (Verb)SGtopsPRtoppingPT, PPtopped

To cover on the top or with a top.
1. I like my ice cream topped with chocolate sauce.

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.

To excel, to surpass, to beat.

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

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

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

(Britain) SLA To commit suicide, (rare) to murder.

Depression causes many people to top themselves.

(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".

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

(archaic) To rise aloft; to be eminent; to tower.

lofty ridges and topping mountains

(archaic) To predominate.

topping passions

(archaic) To excel; to rise above others.

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

(dyeing) 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).

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

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

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

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

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

形容詞 (Adjective)

Situated on the top of something.

INF Best; of the highest quality or rank.

She's in the top dance school. ‎

INF Very good, of high quality.

He's a top lawyer. ‎
That is a top car. ‎

副詞 (Adverb)

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

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文の途中で使用される
- The defender playing at the top of the zone is nine to fourteen metres out from the goal line.
- The culture supernatant was prespun at 4,000 rpm for 10 min and loaded on top of 20% sucrose in TEN buffer and ultracentrifugated at 39,000 rpm for 18 h to separate extracellular viral particles.
- The balance is mounted externally on top of the wind tunnel test section. A sting connects the balance to the model.
文の初めに使われる
- Top with cheese and toast under the grill for a few minutes.
文の終わに使われる
- Leatherwood Antiques will show Vienna bronzes, sailors’ woolwork pictures and a large cane stand from Switzerland with a carved wooden eagle on top.
- The dress code at our college specifically bans strappy tops.
- He was a pig and his apartment a pigpen; take-away containers and pizza boxes in a long, moldy stream lined his counter tops.

Definition of top in English Dictionary

Meaning of top for the defined word.