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Definition & Synonyms
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• Top
- (v. t.) To strike (the ball) above the center; also, to make (as a stroke) by hitting the ball in this way.
- (v. t.) To strike the top of, as a wall, with the hind feet, in jumping, so as to gain new impetus; -- said of a horse.
- (v. t.) To cover with another dye; as, to top aniline black with methyl violet to prevent greening and crocking.
- (v. t.) To cut, break, or otherwise take off the top of (a steel ingot) to remove unsound metal.
- (v. t.) To raise one end of, as a yard, so that that end becomes higher than the other.
- (v. t.) To improve (domestic animals, esp. sheep) by crossing certain individuals or breeds with other superior.
- (n.) A stroke on the top of the ball.
- (v. t.) To put a stiffening piece or back on (a saw blade).
- (n.) A forward spin given to the ball by hitting it on or near the top.
- (v. i.) To strike a ball above the center.
- (v. i.) To rise at one end, as a yard; -- usually with up.
- (v. t.) To arrange, as fruit, with the best on top.
- (n.) A platform surrounding the head of the lower mast and projecting on all sudes. It serves to spead the topmast rigging, thus strengheningthe mast, and also furnishes a convenient standing place for the men aloft.
- (v. t.) To raise one end of, as a yard, so that that end becomes higher than the other.
- (n.) The utmost degree; the acme; the summit.
- (v. t.) To perform eminently, or better than before.
- (v. i.) To excel; to rise above others.
- (v. t.) To rise above; to excel; to outgo; to surpass.
- (n.) Top-boots.
- (n.) The head, or upper part, of a plant.
- (n.) Eve; verge; point.
- (n.) A bundle or ball of slivers of comkbed wool, from which the noils, or dust, have been taken out.
- (v. i.) To rise aloft; to be eminent; to tower; as, lofty ridges and topping mountains.
- (n.) A childs toy, commonly in the form of a conoid or pear, made to spin on its point, usually by drawing off a string wound round its surface or stem, the motion being sometimes continued by means of a whip.
- (v. t.) To take off the or upper part of; to crop.
- (n.) The highest rank; the most honorable position; the utmost attainable place; as, to be at the top of ones class, or at the top of the school.
- (v. t.) To cover on the top; to tip; to cap; -- chiefly used in the past participle.
- (n.) The highest part of anything; the upper end, edge, or extremity; the upper side or surface; summit; apex; vertex; cover; lid; as, the top of a spire; the top of a house; the top of a mountain; the top of the ground.
- (v. i.) To predominate; as, topping passions.
- (n.) The crown of the head, or the hair upon it; the head.
- (n.) The part of a cut gem between the girdle, or circumference, and the table, or flat upper surface.
- (v. t.) To rise to the top of; to go over the top of.
- (n.) A plug, or conical block of wood, with longitudital grooves on its surface, in which the strands of the rope slide in the process of twisting.
- (n.) The chief person; the most prominent one.
Synonyms:
Acme, Arch, Boss, Chief, Clear, Cover, Crest, Crown, Elevation, Exceed, First, Foremost, Head, Height, Overstep, Pass, Peak, Pinch, Pinnacle, Summit, Superlative, Teetotum, Tip, Transcend, Upside, Whirligig,
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• Topsoil
- (n.) The upper layer of soil; surface soil.
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• Top-dressing
- (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Top-dress
- (n.) The act of applying a dressing of manure to the surface of land; also, manure so applied.
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Excluding, Follow, Spot, Spam, Prize Ring, Constipation, Portugue, Instances, Hazelnut, Impairment, Apricot, Hectograph, Muhammad, Scourges, Regime, Denoue, Metal, Impose, Polar Star, Whether, Walnut, Metabolic, Repertoire, Aww, Opportunity, Allure, Position, Malmsey, Malvasia, Malvoisie, Occupation, Deployment, Audi Alteram Partem, Metabolic, Metabolical, |
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A, A1, Aquiline, Aardvark, Aardwolf, Abaca, Aback, Abacus, Abaft, Abalone, Abandon, Abandoned, Abandonment, Abase, Abasement, Abash, Abashed, Abashment, Abate, Abatement, Abater, Abattoir, Abb, Abbacy, Abbess, Abbey, Abbot, Abbreviate, Abbreviation, Abdicate, Abdication, Abdomen, |
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