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# topmost

adjective

«topmost» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Topmost means highest, at the very top of something. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/topmost/#m1)

### In the lessons

in stories, the topmost branch or boughs is the highest part of the tree, where the treasure or flag hangs

### Examples

- The handkerchief fluttered from the topmost branch. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/topmost/#x1)
- The cherries grew on the topmost twig. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/topmost/#x2)
- She climbed to the topmost step. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/topmost/#x3)
- The gold hung from the topmost boughs of the oak. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/topmost/#x4)

### Note

nothing for maths; it names a position (the highest), not an amount.

## In Jewish tradition

in stories, the topmost branch or boughs is the highest part of the tree, where the treasure or flag hangs

### Examples

- And behold the topmost of the stars, how high they are! (Writings JOB.22.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/topmost/#x1)
- He cropped off the topmost of the young twigs thereof, and carried it into a land of traffic; he set it in a city of merchants. (Prophets EZK.17.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/topmost/#x2)

### Note

nothing for maths; it names a position (the highest), not an amount.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «topmost» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/topmost/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«topmost» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/topmost.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «topmost» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/topmost/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«topmost» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/topmost.html) on Mova free.