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# topped

«topped» in Mova's school dictionary: **covered on top with something, like «a cake topped with…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (past of top: top, tops, topped, topping); adjective (topped with)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Topped means covered on top with something, like «a cake topped with cream». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/topped/#m1)

2) Topped means went higher than or beat, like «sales topped a million». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/topped/#m2)

3) Topped up means filled again to the top. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/topped/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In cooking and recipes «topped with» tells what goes on top. In maths and news it means went above a number («the temperature topped 30 degrees»). Phrases: «topped with», «topped up», «topped the charts», «topped the list».

### examples

- The pizza was topped with cheese and tomatoes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/topped/#x1)
- She topped her class in spelling. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/topped/#x2)
- The song topped the charts for weeks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/topped/#x3)
- Mum topped up my water bottle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/topped/#x4)
- The temperature topped 35 degrees. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/topped/#x5)
- Ice cream topped with sprinkles is my favourite. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/topped/#x6)
- The mountain was topped with snow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/topped/#x7)

### note

Double the p: top – topped – topping. In maths, «topped 100» means went over 100, so more than 100. «Topped up» (UK) is used for adding more credit, money or liquid. Do not confuse with «toppled» (fell over).

### In the corpora

- [If thunder comes 30 seconds or less after a flash, go inside a building or a hard-topped car.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/15-weather-signs/13/)
- [A hard-topped metal car protects you because its metal body carries the lightning around you; the rubber tyres do not.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/15-weather-signs/16/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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