Atop

Preposition

 * 1) On the top of.
 * He sat atop the mountain, waiting for the end of the world.
 * 1) *1966, The Minnesota Review, vol. 6, page 242
 * A virtue is made out of a necessity, with the child feeling far more atop and master of his oddness, his behavior now deliberate or even clever.
 * 1) *2006, Dewey Lambdin, The Gun Ketch, page 48
 * "And other things," she echoed, nodding slowly and resting her body a little more atop him again.
 * 1) On the top, with "of".

Derived terms

 * thereatop

Synonyms

 * ontop

Translations

 * Finnish: päällä; huipulla

Adverb

 * 1)  On, to, or at the top.
 * 2) *1909, William Dean Howells, Seven English Cities, Kessinger Publishing 2004, p. 46:
 * He has a handsome face, still bearded in the midst of a mostly clean-shaving nation, and with the white hairs prevalent on the cheeks and temples; his head is bald atop, though hardly from the uneasiness of wearing a crown.
 * 1) *1978, James C. Humes, Speaker's Treasury of Anecdotes About the Famous, Harper & Row 1978, p. 102:
 * The envoy found the French king playing the part of horse while his young son rode atop.

Translations

 * Finnish: päällä, päälle

Noun

 * 1) roof

Verb

 * 1) to roof

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