Definizione monolingua

atop

atóp

1. to roof

atóp

1. roof

atop (not comparable)

1. (literary or archaic) On, to, or at the top.
   • 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.

   • 1978, James C. Humes, Speakers 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.

atop

1. On the top of.

   He sat atop the mountain, waiting for the end of the world.

   • 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.

   • 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.

2. On the top, with ""of"".

Definizione dizionario atop

a

accanto a

al

dentro

sopra

su

Altri significati:

On the top of.

(literary or archaic) On, to, or at the top.

On the top, with "of".