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TOPPED
topped
(adjective) having a top of a specified character
TOP
top, top off
(verb) finish up or conclude; “They topped off their dinner with a cognac”; “top the evening with champagne”
crown, top
(verb) be the culminating event; “The speech crowned the meeting”
top, pinch
(verb) cut the top off; “top trees and bushes”
top
(verb) strike (the top part of a ball in golf, baseball, or pool) giving it a forward spin
top
(verb) reach or ascend the top of; “The hikers topped the mountain just before noon”
clear, top
(verb) pass by, over, or under without making contact; “the balloon cleared the tree tops”
top, top out
(verb) provide with a top or finish the top (of a structure); “the towers were topped with conical roofs”
exceed, transcend, overstep, pass, go past, top
(verb) be superior or better than some standard; “She exceeded our expectations”; “She topped her performance of last year”
lead, top
(verb) be ahead of others; be the first; “she topped her class every year”
top
(verb) be at the top of or constitute the top or highest point; “A star tops the Christmas Tree”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
topped
simple past tense and past participle of top
Source: Wiktionary
TOP
Top, n. Etym: [CF. OD. dop, top, OHG., MNG., & dial. G. topf; perhaps akin to G. topf a pot.]
1. A child's 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.
2. (Rope Making)
Definition: 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.
Top, n. Etym: [AS. top; akin to OFries. top a tuft, D. top top, OHG. zopf end, tip, tuft of hair, G. zopf tuft of hair, pigtail, top of a tree, Icel. toppr a tuft of hair, crest, top, Dan. top, Sw. topp pinnacle, top; of uncertain origin. Cf. Tuft.]
1. 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. The star that bids the shepherd fold, Now the top of heaven doth hold. Milton.
2. The utmost degree; the acme; the summit. The top of my ambition is to contribute to that work. Pope.
3. The highest rank; the most honorable position; the utmost attainable place; as, to be at the top of one's class, or at the top of the school. And wears upon hisbaby brow the round And top of sovereignty. Shak.
4. The chief person; the most prominent one. Other . . . aspired to be the top of zealots. Milton.
5. The crown of the head, or the hair upon it; the head. "From top to toe" Spenser. All the stored vengeance of Heaven fall On her ungrateful top ! Shak.
6. The head, or upper part, of a plant. The buds . . . are called heads, or tops, as cabbageheads. I. Watts.
7. (Naut.)
Definition: 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. Totten.
8. (Wool Manuf.)
Definition: A bundle or ball of slivers of comkbed wool, from which the noils, or dust, have been taken out.
9. Eve; verge; point. [R.] "He was upon the top of his marriage with Magdaleine." Knolles.
10. The part of a cut gem between the girdle, or circumference, and the table, or flat upper surface. Knight.
11. pl.
Definition: Top-boots. [Slang] Dickens.
Note: Top is often used adjectively or as the first part of compound words, usually self-explaining; as, top stone, or topstone; top- boots, or top boots; top soil, or top-soil. Top and but (Shipbuilding), a phrase used to denote a method of working long tapering planks by bringing the but of one plank to the top of the other to make up a constant breadth in two layers.
– Top minnow (Zoöl.), a small viviparous fresh-water fish (Gambusia patruelis) abundant in the Southern United States. Also applied to other similar species.
Top, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Topped; p. pr. & vb. n. Topping.]
1. To rise aloft; to be eminent; to tower; as, lofty ridges and topping mountains. Derham.
2. To predominate; as, topping passions. "Influenced by topping uneasiness." Locke.
3. To excel; to rise above others. But write thy, and top. Dryden.
Top, v. t.
1. To cover on the top; to tip; to cap; -- chiefly used in the past participle. Like moving mountains topped with snow. Waller. A mount Of alabaster, topped with golden spires. Milton.
2. To rise above; to excel; to outgo; to surpass. Topping all others in boasting. Shak. Edmund the base shall top the legitimate. Shak.
3. To rise to the top of; to go over the top of. But wind about till thou hast topped the hill. Denham.
4. To take off the or upper part of; to crop. Top your rose trees a little with your knife. Evelyn.
5. To perform eminently, or better than before. From endeavoring universally to top their parts, they will go universally beyond them. Jeffrey.
6. (Naut.)
Definition: To raise one end of, as a yard, so that that end becomes higher than the other. To top off, to complete by putting on, or finishing, the top or uppermost part of; as, to top off a stack of hay; hence, to complete; to finish; to adorn.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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