topped

«topped» in Mova's school dictionary: covered on top with something, like «a cake topped with… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (past of top: top, tops, topped, topping); adjective (topped with)

meaning for a pupil

1) Topped means covered on top with something, like «a cake topped with cream». tree →

2) Topped means went higher than or beat, like «sales topped a million». tree →

3) Topped up means filled again to the top. tree →

sense in the lessons

In cooking and recipes «topped with» tells what goes on top. In maths and news it means went above a number («the temperature topped 30 degrees»). Phrases: «topped with», «topped up», «topped the charts», «topped the list».

examples

• The pizza was topped with cheese and tomatoes. tree →
• She topped her class in spelling. tree →
• The song topped the charts for weeks. tree →
• Mum topped up my water bottle. tree →
• The temperature topped 35 degrees. tree →
• Ice cream topped with sprinkles is my favourite. tree →
• The mountain was topped with snow. tree →

note

Double the p: top – topped – topping. In maths, «topped 100» means went over 100, so more than 100. «Topped up» (UK) is used for adding more credit, money or liquid. Do not confuse with «toppled» (fell over).

In the corpora

• If thunder comes 30 seconds or less after a flash, go inside a building or a hard-topped car.
• A hard-topped metal car protects you because its metal body carries the lightning around you; the rubber tyres do not.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «topped» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.