top up

See also: top-up and topup

English

Verb

top up (third-person singular simple present tops up, present participle topping up, simple past and past participle topped up)

to refill something
I shall top up with petrol before the long trip.

The waitress topped up my coffee every few minutes.
(Britain) to refill the drink of (somebody)
May I top you up?
(idiomatic) to extend the credit of something
I shall top up the mobile phone at the supermarket.
to add to a number or amount to bring something up to a certain level

Synonyms

US English (in the sense of refill) top off

Related terms

top-up (noun)

Translations

to fill

Dutch: bijvullen (nl), aanvullen (nl)
German: aufladen (de), auffüllen
Russian: дозаправлять (ru) n (dozapravljatʹ), доливать (ru) n (dolivatʹ)

Scottish Gaelic: lìon
Spanish: rellenar (es)

to extend credit

Dutch: opwaarderen (nl)
German: aufladen (de)
Portuguese: carregar (pt), recarregar

Spanish: recargar (es)
Ukrainian: попо́внювати рахунок impf (popóvnjuvaty raxunok), попо́внити рахунок pf (popóvnyty raxunok)

to bring up to a certain amount or a certain level

Maori: whakapū

Anagrams

pot up, up top

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