front vs top

front

verb
  • To adorn with, at the front; to put on the front. 

  • To face up to, to meet head-on, to confront. 

  • To provide money or financial assistance in advance to. 

  • To deceive or attempt to deceive someone with false or disingenuous appearances (on). 

  • To appear before. 

  • To move (a word or clause) to the start of a sentence (or series of adjectives, etc). 

  • To pronounce with the tongue in a front position. 

  • To assume false or disingenuous appearances. 

  • Of an alter in dissociative identity disorder: to be the currently actively presenting member of (a system), in control of the patient's body. 

  • To act as a front (for); to cover (for). 

  • To lead or be the spokesperson of (a campaign, organisation etc.). 

  • To face, be opposite to. 

noun
  • An area where armies are engaged in conflict, especially the line of contact. 

  • A major military subdivision of the Soviet Army. 

  • A grill (jewellery worn on front teeth). 

  • The foremost side of something or the end that faces the direction it normally moves. 

  • A seafront or coastal promenade. 

  • A person or institution acting as the public face of some other, covert group. 

  • The beginning. 

  • A field of activity. 

  • The lateral space occupied by an element measured from the extremity of one flank to the extremity of the other flank. 

  • An act, show, façade, persona: an intentional and false impression of oneself. 

  • The most conspicuous part. 

  • That which covers the foremost part of the head: a front piece of false hair worn by women. 

  • The side of a building with the main entrance. 

  • When a combat situation does not exist or is not assumed, the direction toward which the command is faced. 

  • The direction of the enemy. 

  • The interface or transition zone between two airmasses of different density, often resulting in precipitation. Since the temperature distribution is the most important regulator of atmospheric density, a front almost invariably separates airmasses of different temperature. 

adj
  • Closest or nearest, of a set of futures contracts which expire at particular times, or of the times they expire; (typically, the front month or front year is the next calender month or year after the current one). 

  • Located at or near the front. 

  • Pronounced with the highest part of the body of the tongue toward the front of the mouth, near the hard palate (most often describing a vowel). 

top

verb
  • To cover on the top or with a top. 

  • To anally penetrate in gay sex. 

  • To cut, break, or otherwise take off the top of (a steel ingot) to remove unsound metal. 

  • To strike (the ball) above the centre; also, to make (a stroke, etc.) by hitting the ball in this way. 

  • To commit suicide. 

  • To excel, to surpass, to beat, to exceed. 

  • To murder. 

  • To be in the lead, to be at number one position (of). 

  • To be the dominant partner in a BDSM relationship or roleplay. 

  • To cut or remove the top (as of a tree) 

  • To improve (domestic animals, especially sheep) by crossing certain individuals or breeds with other superior breeds. 

  • To put a stiffening piece or back on (a saw blade). 

  • To raise one end of (a yard, etc.), making it higher than the other. 

  • To cover with another dye. 

  • To strike the top of (an obstacle) with the hind feet while jumping, so as to gain new impetus. 

adv
  • Rated first. 

adj
  • Situated on the top of something. 

  • Best; of the highest quality or rank. 

  • Very good, of high quality, power, or rank. 

noun
  • A garment worn to cover the torso. 

  • A stroke on the top of the ball. 

  • The highest or uppermost part of something. 

  • A top quark. 

  • A framework at the top of a ship's mast to which rigging is attached. 

  • A lid, cap or cover of a container. 

  • A plug, or conical block of wood, with longitudinal grooves on its surface, in which the strands of the rope slide in the process of twisting. 

  • the part of something that is usually the top. 

  • The first half of an inning, during which the home team fields and the visiting team bats. 

  • A forward spin given to the ball by hitting it on or near the top; topspin 

  • (A table at which there is, or which has enough seats for) a group of a specified number of people eating at a restaurant. 

  • A man penetrating or with a preference for penetrating during homosexual intercourse. 

  • A child’s spinning toy; a spinning top. 

  • The utmost degree; the acme; the summit. 

  • Highest pitch or loudest volume. 

  • The part of a cut gem between the girdle, or circumference, and the table, or flat upper surface. 

  • Oral stimulation of the male member, a blowjob. 

  • The uppermost part of a page, picture, viewing screen, etc. 

  • The near end of somewhere 

  • A bundle or ball of slivers of combed wool, from which the noils, or dust, have been taken out. 

  • A dominant partner in a BDSM relationship or roleplay. 

  • The highest rank; the most honourable position; the utmost attainable place. 

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