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dress vs top

top vs dress

dress and top both are nouns.

dress and top both are adjectives.

dress and top both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
dress Yes Yes Yes No
top Yes Yes Yes No
As verbs, top is a hyponym of dress; that is, top is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than dress:
  • dress: cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
  • top: cut the top off
Other hyponyms of dress include shear, poll, pollard, pinch, disbud.
dress (noun) top (noun)
a one-piece garment for a woman; has skirt and bodice a garment (especially for women) that extends from the shoulders to the waist or hips
clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion covering for a hole (especially a hole in the top of a container)
clothing in general a canvas tent to house the audience at a circus performance
a conical child's plaything tapering to a steel point on which it can be made to spin
platform surrounding the head of a lower mast
the greatest possible intensity
the highest or uppermost side of anything
the upper part of anything
the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill)
the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development
the first half of an inning; while the visiting team is at bat
dress (adjective) top (adjective)
(of an occasion) requiring formal clothes situated at the top or highest position
suitable for formal occasions
dress (verb) top (verb)
put on clothes be the culminating event
provide with clothes or put clothes on finish up or conclude
apply a bandage or medication to cut the top off
arrange attractively strike (the top part of a ball in golf, baseball, or pool) giving it a forward spin
dress or groom with elaborate care pass by, over, or under without making contact
give a neat appearance to reach or ascend the top of
dress in a certain manner provide with a top or finish the top (of a structure)
kill and prepare for market or consumption be superior or better than some standard
convert into leather be at the top of or constitute the top or highest point
put a dressing on be ahead of others; be the first
put a finish on
cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of
provide with decoration
cut down rough-hewn (lumber) to standard thickness and width
decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods
arrange in ranks
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