to top
- verb
- /tɑp/
- Her wall was higher than the others and was topped with a fiercer dazzle of broken glass.
- top the mountain
- glass-topped building
- wire-topped wall
Examples
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Most had shingle or metal roofs, but some were topped with rust-colored Mexican tile.
Academic text (2001) -
Rain is expected to top three inches within the hour.
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The retrieval cost could top 17 million.
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The temperature topped out at 98 degrees... ...on the day our lives were forever altered.
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Around the houses, the whitewashed palisades are topped with shards of glass embedded in concrete.
Fiction book (1991) -
The lush green mountains are topped with multi-colored ash from the Novarupta volcano.
Academic text (2001) -
An 80-foot tall tower covered with 16,000 Edison bulbs, topped with an eight-foot lighthouse.
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The temples are cypress-wood huts raised on stilts and topped with miscanthus thatch, set in compounds floored with white pebbles.
Academic text (2018) -
The cake was topped with fresh strawberries and whipped cream for a delicious finish.
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He topped the climbing wall effortlessly, reaching the highest point in record time.
Synonyms
Put something on top of food to finish and make it look nicer
To form a cover on the top of something
Get to the top of a mountain or the highest point in your career
To reach the top of a hill or mountain after climbing it
Form the highest point of something like a roof or mountain
To reach the top of a hill or mountain
To be higher than something so you can look down at it
To reach the highest point of success or to put someone there
To put the final piece on the top of a building
Idioms
Phrasal Verbs
To reach the highest place in the music charts because many people buy or play it online
Compounds
- Specialized
Delivered over the internet directly to users instead of through cable services
- Archaic
A tall leather shoe that reaches halfway to the knee and is worn for riding or historical dress
- Archaic
A folding hood on a carriage pulled by horses that protects passengers from rain and wind
- Australian
A tall evergreen tree from Tasmania with strong, fine wood that people use for boats and building
- Specialized
A tall North American plant with long white flowers that keeps insects away
- Informal
Loud exaggerated actions meant to get attention or make people laugh
- Archaic
A small table with a top that can be turned up to stand upright to save space
- Specialized
A yeast that rises to the top when beer is made and is used to brew ales
- Specialized
A thin layer of compost or fertilizer spread on top of soil to help plants grow without mixing it in
- Specialized
A way of making beer where yeast rises to the top at warm temperatures for ales
- Specialized
A plant that makes small bulbs at the top instead of flowers and gives young shoots for salads
- Specialized
A long horizontal pole high on a sailing ship that holds the topgallant sail
How High
Surface Forms
Etymology
Top meaning to reach the highest point comes from the noun top for the highest part, so to top a hill is to get to its highest place. The verb keeps the sense of arriving at the highest point.