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| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : tops |
| Phonetic Transcription : tɒps |
Definition of tops
Origin :- "the best," 1935, from top (n.1).
- noun highest point
- noun highest rank
- verb place on or reach highest part
- verb surpass
- verb remove the upper part
- Now—there stood the wall, there stood the ash-trees and their tops were waving to and fro.
- Extract from : « What Sami Sings with the Birds » by Johanna Spyri
- Her tops, like those of all the enemy's ships, were filled with riflemen.
- Extract from : « The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson » by Robert Southey
- Already has not its aurora brightened the tops of my snow-covered mountains?
- Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald
- The peasantry used to eat its tops as greens, and cook the roots in stews.
- Extract from : « The Mayflower, January, 1905 » by Various
- Some, who were finishing their lunch, got on the tops of their tubs.
- Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
- Gather the largest green gooseberries of the walnut kind, and slit the tops into four quarters, leaving the stalk end whole.
- Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton
- The tops of the felled trees should point downhill as much as possible.
- Extract from : « Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) » by William Delisle Hay
- Clean the tops, bottoms and sides of the connectors with a wire brush, Figure 143.
- Extract from : « The Automobile Storage Battery » by O. A. Witte
- Use enough to fill the case just over the tops of the jars, Fig. 230.
- Extract from : « The Automobile Storage Battery » by O. A. Witte
- The post must, of course, be perpendicular to the tops of the plates.
- Extract from : « The Automobile Storage Battery » by O. A. Witte
Synonyms for tops
- acme
- amputate
- apex
- apogee
- ascend
- bash
- be first
- beat
- best
- better
- blow away
- cap
- capital
- captain
- ceiling
- chief
- choice
- climax
- climb
- cloak
- clobber
- clothe
- cork
- cover
- cream
- crest
- crop
- crown
- culmination
- curtail
- cusp
- cut off
- decapitate
- detruncate
- dock
- eclipse
- elite
- exceed
- excel
- face
- fake out
- fastigium
- file off
- finagle
- finial
- finish
- first place
- flower
- fox
- garnish
- go beyond
- goose
- head
- height
- high point
- lead
- leader
- lid
- limit
- lop off
- maximum
- meridian
- outdo
- outfox
- outshine
- outstrip
- overrun
- pare
- peak
- pick
- piggyback
- pinnacle
- point
- pollard
- pride
- prime
- prize
- protect
- prune
- ream
- reinforce
- roof
- run circles around
- scale
- scrape off
- shave off
- shear
- shorten
- shut out
- skim
- spire
- spread over
- stopper
- summit
- superficies
- superimpose
- surface
- surmount
- tip
- total
- transcend
- trim
- truncate
- utmost
- vertex
- zenith
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