top (verb)
111topple — verb (toppled; toppling) Etymology: frequentative of 2top Date: 1590 intransitive verb to fall from or as if from being top heavy transitive verb 1. to cause to topple 2. a. overthrow 2 < t …
112translate — verb 1 change sth from one language to another ADVERB ▪ literally ▪ ‘Tiramisù’ literally translates as ‘pull me up’. ▪ accurately, correctly ▪ freely, loosely …
113overrun — verb (overran, overrun, overrunning) –verb (t) /oʊvəˈrʌn / (say ohvuh run) 1. to spread over rapidly and occupy (a country), as invading forces: in 1940 German armies overran the Low Countries. 2. to take possession of (an enemy position, etc.):… …
114emplace — verb 1. provide a new emplacement for guns • Derivationally related forms: ↑emplacement • Hypernyms: ↑put, ↑set, ↑place, ↑pose, ↑position, ↑lay …
115go far — verb 1. succeed in a big way; get to the top (Freq. 2) After he published his book, he had arrived I don t know whether I can make it in science! You will go far, my boy! • Syn: ↑arrive, ↑make it, ↑get in …
116step down — verb 1. give up or retire from a position (Freq. 1) The Secretary of the Navy will leave office next month The chairman resigned over the financial scandal • Syn: ↑leave office, ↑quit, ↑resign • Ant: ↑ …
117strike off — verb remove from a list Cross the name of the dead person off the list • Syn: ↑cross off, ↑cross out, ↑strike out, ↑mark • Hypernyms: ↑take away, ↑take out …
118topdress — verb scatter manure or fertilizer over (land) • Hypernyms: ↑fertilize, ↑fertilise, ↑feed • Verb Frames: Somebody s something * * * ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ transitive verb …
119double-time — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ verb Etymology: double time intransitive verb : to move at double time he reached the crest of the hill and double timed over the top A.C.Fields transitive verb : to cause to move at double time …
120unsoil — “+ verb Etymology: un (II) + soil, n. transitive verb : to strip the top layer of soil or mold from intransitive verb : to remove the soil (as in opening a deposit of clay for brickmaking) …
