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# top

«top» in Mova's school dictionary: **the highest part of something: the top of the hill** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun, adjective, verb (top, tops, topped, topping)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The top is the highest part of something: the top of the hill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/top/#m1)

2) The top is the upper surface or the lid: the top of the table, a bottle top. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/top/#m2)

3) A top is a piece of clothing for the upper body, like a T-shirt. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/top/#m3)

4) A top (spinning top) is a toy that spins on a point. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/top/#m4)

5) Top means best or highest: the top mark, top speed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/top/#m5)

6) To top something is to put something on it, or to be better than it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/top/#m6)

7) To top something off means to finish it, often with a final touch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/top/#m7)

### sense in the lessons

Maths: the highest part (top shelf, top of a hill); tops as clothes counted; the top row of a table; the top number of a fraction is the numerator. Everyday: on top of, from top to bottom, top up (fill up again), toppings on pizza.

### examples

- She put 5 books on the top shelf. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/top/#x1)
- He climbed to the top of the hill in 30 minutes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/top/#x2)
- Mia bought 3 tops for 12 dollars each. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/top/#x3)
- The top layer has 10 cookies. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/top/#x4)
- The top number of a fraction tells how many parts you have. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/top/#x5)
- Put the top back on the glue stick. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/top/#x6)
- She came top of the class in spelling. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/top/#x7)
- The spinning top wobbled and fell over. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/top/#x8)
- ‘Top Off,’ said the Cat drily. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/top/#x9)

### note

Countable noun; verb doubles the p: topped. A place word or a thing counted; no operation by itself. Trap: «top up» means add more to fill again. Opposite: bottom.

### In the corpora

- [On a real head the eyes sit about halfway down, not near the top.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/12-drawing-lines-shapes-and-drawing-what-you-really-see/9/)
- [Whales breathe through a blowhole on top of the head, and the spout is warm wet breath forming a cloud of mist.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/26-whales/7/)
- [A cow wraps its long rough tongue round grass because it has no top front teeth, only a hard pad.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/96-the-petting-farm-goats-sheep-pigs-rabbits-and-washing-hands/12/)
- [A full set of baby teeth, also called milk teeth, has 20 teeth: ten on top and ten on the bottom.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/351-teeth-baby-teeth-grown-up-teeth-and-wobbly-teeth/4/)
- [There is no single ladder of cleverness with humans at the top: each animal is clever in the ways its own life needs.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/388-surprising-brains-tool-using-fish-counting-bees-laughing-rats-and-clever-pigs/7/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «top» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/top/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.