[ { "word": "top", "phonetic": "/t\u0252p/", "phonetics": [ { "text": "/t\u0252p/", "audio": "" }, { "text": "/t\u0251p/", "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/top-us.mp3", "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1197444", "license": { "name": "BY-SA 3.0", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0" } } ], "meanings": [ { "partOfSpeech": "noun", "definitions": [ { "definition": "The highest or uppermost part of something.", "synonyms": [ "overside", "peak", "summit" ], "antonyms": [ "base", "bottom", "underside" ], "example": "His kite got caught at the top of the tree." }, { "definition": "A child\u2019s spinning toy; a spinning top.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [], "example": "The boy was amazed at how long the top would spin." }, { "definition": "(heading) Someone who is eminent.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "(BDSM) A dominant partner in a BDSM relationship or roleplay.", "synonyms": [ "dom", "domme" ], "antonyms": [ "bottom", "sub" ] }, { "definition": "A man penetrating or with a preference for penetrating during homosexual intercourse.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [], "example": "I prefer being a top, and my boyfriend prefers being a bottom." }, { "definition": "A top quark.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "The utmost degree; the acme; the summit.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "(ropemaking) A plug, or conical block of wood, with longitudinal grooves on its surface, in which the strands of the rope slide in the process of twisting.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "(sound) Highest pitch or loudest volume.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [], "example": "She sang at the top of her voice." }, { "definition": "(wool manufacture) A bundle or ball of slivers of combed wool, from which the noils, or dust, have been taken out.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "(obsolete, except in one sense of phrase on top of) Eve; verge; point.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "The part of a cut gem between the girdle, or circumference, and the table, or flat upper surface.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "(in the plural) Topboots.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "A stroke on the top of the ball.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "A forward spin given to the ball by hitting it on or near the top.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "(in restaurants, preceded by a number) (A table at which there is, or which has enough seats for) a group of a specified number of people eating at a restaurant.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] } ], "synonyms": [ "dom", "domme", "overside", "peak", "summit" ], "antonyms": [ "base", "bottom", "underside", "bottom", "sub" ] }, { "partOfSpeech": "verb", "definitions": [ { "definition": "To cover on the top or with a top.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [], "example": "I like my ice cream topped with chocolate sauce." }, { "definition": "To cut or remove the top (as of a tree)", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [], "example": "I don't want to be bald, so just top my hair." }, { "definition": "To excel, to surpass, to beat.", "synonyms": [ "beat", "best", "better", "exceed" ], "antonyms": [], "example": "Titanic was the most successful film ever until it was topped by another Cameron film, Avatar." }, { "definition": "To be in the lead, to be at number one position (of).", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [], "example": "Celine Dion topped the UK music charts twice in the 1990s." }, { "definition": "To commit suicide.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [], "example": "Depression causes many people to top themselves." }, { "definition": "To murder.", "synonyms": [ "kill", "murder", "slaughter", "slay" ], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "(BDSM) To be the dominant partner in a BDSM relationship or roleplay.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [], "example": "Giving advice to the dominant partner on how to run the BDSM session is called \"topping from the bottom\"." }, { "definition": "(gay sexuality) To be the partner who penetrates in anal sex.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "(gay sexuality) To anally penetrate.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "To rise aloft; to be eminent; to tower.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [], "example": "lofty ridges and topping mountains" }, { "definition": "To predominate.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [], "example": "topping passions" }, { "definition": "To excel; to rise above others.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "To raise one end of (a yard, etc.), making it higher than the other.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "(dyeing) To cover with another dye.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [], "example": "to top aniline black with methyl violet to prevent greening" }, { "definition": "To put a stiffening piece or back on (a saw blade).", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "To arrange (fruit, etc.) with the best on top.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "(of a horse) To strike the top of (an obstacle) with the hind feet while jumping, so as to gain new impetus.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "To improve (domestic animals, especially sheep) by crossing certain individuals or breeds with other superior breeds.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "To cut, break, or otherwise take off the top of (a steel ingot) to remove unsound metal.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "To strike (the ball) above the centre; also, to make (a stroke, etc.) by hitting the ball in this way.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] } ], "synonyms": [ "beat", "best", "better", "exceed", "kill", "murder", "slaughter", "slay" ], "antonyms": [] }, { "partOfSpeech": "adjective", "definitions": [ { "definition": "Situated on the top of something.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "definition": "Best; of the highest quality or rank.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [], "example": "She's in the top dance school." }, { "definition": "Very good, of high quality, power, or rank.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [], "example": "He's a top lawyer." } ], "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [] }, { "partOfSpeech": "adverb", "definitions": [ { "definition": "Rated first.", "synonyms": [], "antonyms": [], "example": "She came top in her French exam." } ], "synonyms": [ "first" ], "antonyms": [] } ], "license": { "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0", "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0" }, "sourceUrls": [ "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/top" ] } ]