a garment (especially for women) that extends from the shoulders to the waist or hips; "he stared as she buttoned her top"
covering for a hole (especially a hole in the top of a container); "he removed the top of the carton"; "he couldn't get the top off of the bottle"; "put the cover back on the kettle"
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"
platform surrounding the head of a lower mast
the greatest possible intensity; "he screamed at the top of his lungs"
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 upper part of anything; "the mower cuts off the tops of the grass"; "the title should be written at the top of the first page"
the first half of an inning; while the visiting team is at bat; "a relief pitcher took over in the top of the fifth"
finish up or conclude; "They topped off their dinner with a cognac"; "top the evening with champagne"
cut the top off; "top trees and bushes"
strike (the top part of a ball in golf, baseball, or pool) giving it a forward spin
reach or ascend the top of; "The hikers topped the mountain just before noon"
provide with a top; "the towers were topped with conical roofs"
be at the top of or constitute the top or highest point; "A star tops the Christmas Tree"
too numerous to be counted; "incalculable riches"; "countless hours"; "an infinite number of reasons"; "innumerable difficulties"; "the multitudinous seas"; "myriad stars"; "untold thousands"
given to or marked by the consumption of alcohol; "a bibulous fellow"; "a bibulous evening"; "his boozy drinking companions"; "thick boozy singing"; "a drunken binge"; "two drunken gentlemen holding each other up"; "sottish behavior"
a part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function; "the spacious cooking area provided plenty of room for servants"
the extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary; "the area of a rectangle"; "it was about 500 square feet in area"
a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve; "in the abdominal region"
a subject of study; "it was his area of specialization"; "areas of interest include..."
a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography); "it was a mountainous area"; "Bible country"