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What is the verb for top?

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top
  1. To cover on the top or with a top.
  2. To cut or remove the top (as of a tree)
  3. To excel, to surpass, to beat.
  4. To be in the lead, to be at number one position (of).
  5. (Britain, slang) To commit suicide, (rare) to murder.
  6. (BDSM) To be the dominant partner in a BDSM relationship or roleplay.
  7. (archaic) To rise aloft; to be eminent; to tower.
  8. (archaic) To predominate.
  9. (archaic) To excel; to rise above others.
  10. (nautical) To raise one end of (a yard, etc.), making it higher than the other.
  11. (dyeing) To cover with another dye.
  12. To put a stiffening piece or back on (a saw blade).
  13. (slang, dated) To arrange (fruit, etc.) with the best on top.
  14. (of a horse) To strike the top of (an obstacle) with the hind feet while jumping, so as to gain new impetus.
  15. To improve (domestic animals, especially sheep) by crossing certain individuals or breeds with other superior breeds.
  16. To cut, break, or otherwise take off the top of (a steel ingot) to remove unsound metal.
  17. (golf) To strike (the ball) above the centre; also, to make (a stroke, etc.) by hitting the ball in this way.
  18. Synonyms:
      19. scale, climb, ascend, mount, crest, surmount, conquer, piggyback, roof, reach the top of, reach the summit of, clamber, clear, shin, escalade, shinny, go up, go over, move up, shinny up, clamber up, scramble up, shin up, aspire, upthrust, up, soar, arise, lift, rise, thrust, uprear, uprise, climb up, fly, upturn, float, tower, shoot, rocket, levitate, get up, spiral, lift off, shoot up, take off, move upwards, move upward, make its way up, slope upwards … more
  19. Examples:
      20. “We would top the ridge at last before ambling down the slope to the lake below.”
      “Never satisfied, he is now working hard to top his personal best as we speak.”
      “Add the berries, and some of their juices, and top with a final layer of bread, cutting to fit.”
tops
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of top
  2. Synonyms:
      3. scales, climbs, ascends, mounts, crests, surmounts, conquers, piggybacks, roofs, reaches the top of, exceeds, surpasses, eclipses, transcends, beats, betters, excels, outstrips, outdoes, outshines, bests, caps, trumps, outclasses, outperforms, passes, trounces, defeats, outguns, outpaces, outranks, overshadows, clobbers, outdistances, outgoes, outmatches, overruns, improves on, improves upon, overtops, goes beyond, does better than, puts to shame, blows away, towers above, towers over, puts in the shade, runs circles around, goes one better than … more
topping
  1. present participle of top
  2. Synonyms:
      3. scaling, climbing, ascending, mounting, cresting, surmounting, conquering, piggybacking, roofing, reaching the top of, exceeding, surpassing, eclipsing, transcending, beating, bettering, excelling, outstripping, outdoing, outshining, besting, capping, trumping, outclassing, outperforming, passing, trouncing, defeating, outgunning, outpacing, outranking, overshadowing, clobbering, outdistancing, outgoing, outmatching, overrunning, improving on, improving upon, overtopping, going beyond, doing better than, putting to shame, blowing away, towering above, towering over, putting in the shade, running circles around, going one better than … more
topped
  1. simple past tense and past participle of top
  2. Synonyms:
      3. led, headed, outdistanced, outran, outstripped, outpaced, left behind, got ahead of, drew away from, shook off, outdid, excelled, exceeded, surpassed, outclassed, transcended, trumped, got further ahead of, beat, bettered, widened the gap, left standing, capped, walked away from, ran rings around, outrivaled, outrivalled, outvied, put in the shade, put to shame, eclipsed, outshone, outshined, bested, surmounted, outperformed, passed, trounced, defeated, outgunned, overshadowed, outranked, towered over, improved on, run circles around, overrun, outmatched, improved upon, towered above, clobbered … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “At the end I lost time in my final stop as the mechanics topped up my engine's pneumatics, and without that I would easily have beaten him.”
      “The white place mat was topped by custom made bone china, pure white plate etched in silver at the rim.”
      “The typical prefabricated full-surround mantel frames the firebox opening with panels, pilasters, or columns and is topped with a shelf.”
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