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the highest or loftiest point or part of anything; apex; summit. the uppermost or upper part, surface, etc., of anything. Continue reading →

1 : a garment worn on the upper body : the highest or uppermost region or part : the upper end, edge, or surface 2 : a fitted, integral, or attached part or unit serving as an upper piece, lid, or covering 3 : the highest position (as in rank or achievement) : a person or thing at the top tops plural : aces and kings in a hand or the three highest honors in a suit 4 : the part that is nearest in space or time to the source or beginning : the first half of an inning in baseball 5 : the loudest or highest range of a sound 7 : a platform surrounding the head of a lower mast that serves to spread the topmast rigging, strengthen the mast, and furnish a standing place for men aloft especially : such a part on a warship used as a fire-control station or antiaircraft gun platform 8 also : the stroke so given 9 also : the flavor characterizing this particle 1 3 transitive verb 1 2 : to cover with a top or on the top : provide, form, or serve as a top for : to supply with a decorative or protective finish or final touch 3 4 : to rise to, reach, or be at the top of 5 : to strike (a ball) above the center thereby imparting topspin intransitive verb 1 : to make an end, finish, or conclusion 2 : a commonly cylindrical or conoidal device that has a tapering point on which it is made to spin and that is used especially as a toy Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced searchad free! Continue reading →

Toy A spinning top, or simply a top, is a toy with a squat body and a sharp point at the bottom, designed to be spun on its vertical axis, balancing on the tip due to the gyroscopic effect. Continue reading →

English[edit]Etymology[edit] From Middle English top, toppe, from Old English top (top, highest part; summit; crest; tassel, tuft; (spinning) top, ball; a tuft or ball at the highest point of anything), from Proto-West Germanic *topp, from Proto-Germanic *tuppaz (braid, pigtail, end), of unknown ultimate origin. Cognate with Scots tap (top), North Frisian top, tap, tup (top), Saterland Frisian Top (top), West Frisian top (top), Dutch top (top, summit, peak), Low German Topp (top), German Zopf (braid, pigtail, plait, top), Swedish topp (top, peak, summit, tip), Icelandic toppur (top). The sense of a spinning toy is separated from this, obscurely related to Dutch top and dop in this sense, against Standard Dutch tol, and French toupie having this sense. Continue reading →

10 Most Useful Healthcare Trends That Will Dominate in 2023 Application of artificial intelligence, telehealth, wearable medical devices, etc are the most important and useful health trends that are forecast to dominate in the 12 months of 2023. Global education is and will be moving fast with many interesting surprises in response to the constant change of modern society. Let's forecast and identify the educational trends that will explode in the next 3 years (2023, 2024 and 2025) Continue reading →