top

adjbest, most important; highest
nounhighest point
nounhighest rank
verbplace on or reach highest part
verbsurpass
verbremove the upper part

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adj best, most important; highest

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arch

adjective. principal, superior

Word Origin & History

"highest point," Old English top "summit, crest, tuft," from Proto-Germanic *tuppaz (cf. Old Norse toppr "tuft of hair," Old Frisian top "tuft," Old Dutch topp, Dutch top, Old High German zopf "end, tip, tuft of hair," German Zopf "tuft of hair"); no certain connections outside Germanic except a few Romanic words probably borrowed from Germanic.

Few Indo-European languages have a word so generic, which can be used of the upper part or surface of just about anything. More typical is German, which has Spitze for sharp peaks (mountains), oberfläche for the upper surface of flat things (such as a table). Top dog first attested 1900; top-drawer (1920) is from British expression out of the top drawer "upper-class."

Example Sentences for top

At the top was crimson, at the right hand blue, and at the left hand yellow.

In the midst of the barrier stood an altar, on the top of which was a brazen eagle.

At the top she breathed a moment and then knocked at a door before her.

And Jeff Rankin rose without a word and lumbered to the top of the hill.

As a rule he waited on the top of the hill in the clump of pines.

But the man had been only stunned by a bullet that plowed its way across the top of his skull.

When the cakes are baked, they usually reach the top of the pans.

But mark these houses, Alleyne, how they thrust forth upon the top.

He turned and ran to the camp, shouting an alarm at the top of his voice.

There may be a second layer of bread on top of the meat if desired.

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