English Dictionary

top

/tɒp/

verb

To cover on the top or with a top. / To excel, to surpass, to beat, to exceed. / To be in the lead, to be at number one position (of). / To cut or remove the top (as of a tree)

She topped the cake with whipped cream.

意味（1）

To cover on the top or with a top.

I like my ice cream topped with chocolate sauce.

意味（2）

To excel, to surpass, to beat, to exceed.

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

意味（3）

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

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

意味（4）

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

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

意味（5）

(Britain, slang, reflexive) To commit suicide.

Depression causes many people to top themselves.

意味（6）

(Britain, slang, rare) To murder.

意味（7）

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

I used to be a slave, but I ended up topping.

意味（8）

(gay slang, transitive, intransitive) To anally penetrate in gay sex.

意味（9）

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

lofty and topping mountains

意味（10）

(archaic) To excel; to rise above others.

意味（11）

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

意味（12）

(dyeing) To cover with another dye.

to top aniline black with methyl violet to prevent greening

意味（13）

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

意味（14）

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

意味（15）

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

意味（16）

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

意味（17）

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

意味（18）

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