Top, v. t. 1. To cover on the top; to tip; to cap; — chiefly used in the past participle.
Like moving mountains topped with snow. Waller.
A mount
Of alabaster, topped with golden spires. Milton.
2. To rise above; to excel; to outgo; to surpass.
Topping all others in boasting. Shak.
Edmund the base shall top the legitimate. Shak.
3. To rise to the top of; to go over the top of.
But wind about till thou hast topped the hill. Denham.
4. To take off the or upper part of; to crop.
Top your rose trees a little with your knife. Evelyn.
5. To perform eminently, or better than before.
From endeavoring universally to top their parts, they will go universally beyond them. Jeffrey.
6. (Naut.) To raise one end of, as a yard, so that that end becomes higher than the other.
To top off, to complete by putting on, or finishing, the top or uppermost part of; as, to top off a stack of hay; hence, to complete; to finish; to adorn.