The top of something is its highest point or part.

The top thing or layer in a series of things or layers is the highest one.

The top of something such as a bottle, jar, or tube is a cap, lid, or other device that fits or screws onto one end of it.

The top of a street, garden, bed, or table is the end of it that is farthest away from where you usually enter it or from where you are.

A top is a piece of clothing that you wear on the upper half of your body, for example a blouse or shirt.

You can use top to indicate that something or someone is at the highest level of a scale or measurement.

You can use top to say that you think something is excellent.

The top of an organization or career structure is the highest level in it.

You can use top to describe the most important or famous people or things in a particular area of work or activity.

If someone is at the top of a table or league or is the top of the table or league, their performance is better than that of all the other people involved.

You can use top to indicate that something is the first thing you are going to do, because you consider it to be the most important.

You can use top to indicate that someone does a particular thing more times than anyone else or that something is chosen more times than anything else.

To top a list means to be mentioned or chosen more times than anyone or anything else.

If something tops a particular amount, it is larger than that amount.

If something is topped with something, it has that thing as its highest part.

If you top a story, remark, or action, you follow it with a better or more impressive one.

You can use tops after mentioning a quantity, to say that it is the maximum possible.

If you say that something is tops or is the tops, you mean that it is better or more successful than anything else.

If someone blows their top, they become very angry about something.

If a person, organization, or country comes out on top, they are more successful than the others that they have been competing with.

If someone pays top dollar for something, they pay the highest possible price for it.

If you say that you clean, tidy, or examine something from top to bottom, you are emphasizing that you do it completely and thoroughly.

You can use from top to toe to emphasize that the whole of someone's body is covered or dressed in a particular thing or type of clothing.

When something gets on top of you, it makes you feel unhappy or depressed because it is very difficult or worrying, or because it involves more work than you can manage.

If you say something off the top of your head, you say it without thinking about it much before you speak, especially because you do not have enough time.

If one thing is on top of another, it is placed over it or on its highest part.

You can use on top or on top of to indicate that a particular problem exists in addition to a number of other problems.

You say that someone is on top when they have reached the most important position in an organization or business.

If you are on top of or get on top of something that you are doing, you are dealing with it successfully.

If you say that you feel on top of the world, you are emphasizing that you feel extremely happy and healthy.

If one thing is over the top of another, it is placed over it so that it is completely covering it.

You describe something as over the top when you think that it is exaggerated, and therefore unacceptable.

If you top and tail fruit or vegetables such as French beans, you cut off the tops and the bottoms of them when you are preparing them to be eaten.

If you say that someone is at the top of the tree, you mean that they have reached the highest level in their career or profession.

If you say something at the top of your voice, you say it very loudly.