Main entry: circus tent, round top, top, big top
Definition: a canvas tent to house the audience at a circus performance
Usage: he was afraid of a fire in the circus tent; they had the big top up in less than an hour
Main entry: top
Definition: a garment (especially for women) that extends from the shoulders to the waist or hips
Usage: he stared as she buttoned her top
Definition: covering for a hole (especially a hole in the top of a container)
Usage: he removed the top of the carton; he couldn't get the top off of the bottle; put the cover back on the kettle
Main entry: top, teetotum, whirligig, spinning top
Definition: a conical child's plaything tapering to a steel point on which it can be made to spin
Usage: he got a bright red top and string for his birthday
Main entry: top
Definition: platform surrounding the head of a lower mast
Main entry: top
Definition: the greatest possible intensity
Usage: he screamed at the top of his lungs
Main entry: peak, summit, tip, top, crest, crown
Definition: the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill)
Usage: the view from the peak was magnificent; they clambered to the tip of Monadnock; the region is a few molecules wide at the summit
Main entry: top, top side, upper side, upside
Definition: the highest or uppermost side of anything
Usage: put your books on top of the desk; only the top side of the box was painted
Main entry: top
Definition: the upper part of anything
Usage: the mower cuts off the tops of the grass; the title should be written at the top of the first page
Main entry: meridian, height, tiptop, top, summit, superlative, acme, pinnacle, peak, elevation
Definition: the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development
Usage: his landscapes were deemed the acme of beauty; the artist's gifts are at their acme; at the height of her career; the peak of perfection; summer was at its peak; ...catapulted Einstein to the pinnacle of fame; the summit of his ambition; so many highest superlatives achieved by man; at the top of his profession
Main entry: top, top of the inning
Definition: the first half of an inning; while the visiting team is at bat
Usage: a relief pitcher took over in the top of the fifth
Definition: finish up or conclude
Usage: They topped off their dinner with a cognac; top the evening with champagne
Definition: be the culminating event
Usage: The speech crowned the meeting
Definition: cut the top off
Usage: top trees and bushes
Main entry: top
Definition: strike (the top part of a ball in golf, baseball, or pool) giving it a forward spin
Main entry: top
Definition: reach or ascend the top of
Usage: The hikers topped the mountain just before noon
Definition: pass by, over, or under without making contact
Usage: the balloon cleared the tree tops
Definition: provide with a top or finish the top (of a structure)
Usage: the towers were topped with conical roofs
Main entry: exceed, overstep, pass, top, transcend, go past
Definition: be superior or better than some standard
Usage: She exceeded our expectations; She topped her performance of last year
Definition: be ahead of others; be the first
Usage: she topped her class every year
Main entry: top
Definition: be at the top of or constitute the top or highest point
Usage: A star tops the Christmas Tree
Main entry: top
Definition: situated at the top or highest position
Usage: the top shelf