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say it: tahp
top is a noun, verb and adjective meaning "the upper part of anything". It carries 22 recorded senses.
the highest or uppermost side of anything
“put your books on top of the desk”
“only the top side of the box was painted”
the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill)
“the view from the peak was magnificent”
“they clambered to the tip of Monadnock”
“the region is a few molecules wide at the summit”
the first half of an inning; while the visiting team is at bat
“a relief pitcher took over in the top of the fifth”
the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development
“his landscapes were deemed the acme of beauty”
“the artist's gifts are at their acme”
“at the height of her career”
“the peak of perfection”
“summer was at its peak”
“...catapulted Einstein to the pinnacle of fame”
“the summit of his ambition”
“so many highest superlatives achieved by man”
“at the top of his profession”
a conical child's plaything tapering to a steel point on which it can be made to spin
“he got a bright red top and string for his birthday”
a garment (especially for women) that extends from the shoulders to the waist or hips
“he stared as she buttoned her top”
a canvas tent to house the audience at a circus performance
“he was afraid of a fire in the circus tent”
“they had the big top up in less than an hour”
strike (the top part of a ball in golf, baseball, or pool) giving it a forward spin
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for top come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.