"topless" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: en-us-topless.ogg [US]
Etymology: From top + -less. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|top|less}} top + -less Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} topless (not comparable)
  1. Lacking a top. Tags: not-comparable Translations (lacking a top): без покрив (bez pokriv) (Bulgarian), 无顶 (Chinese Mandarin), 無頂 (Chinese Mandarin), yläosaton (Finnish), avonainen (Finnish), tető nélküli (Hungarian), без ве́рха (bez vérxa) (Russian), â nuda (Sicilian), a l'ariò (Sicilian), a l'ària (Sicilian), a l'àriu (Sicilian), üstsüz (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-topless-en-adj-hmO3AjTy Disambiguation of 'lacking a top': 94 1 4 1
  2. (poetic) Very high; towering. Tags: not-comparable, poetic Translations (poetic: very high, towering): korkeana siintävä (Finnish), égbe nyúló (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-topless-en-adj-UTWd1WlY Disambiguation of 'poetic: very high, towering': 2 95 2 2
  3. (chiefly of a woman) Not wearing a garment covering the top half of the body; naked from the waist up. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: bare-breasted (english: of a woman), barechested (english: of a man), half-naked, semi-nude, shirtless, topfree Translations (naked from the waist up): гол до кръста (gol do krǎsta) (Bulgarian), 無上裝 (Chinese Mandarin), 无上装 (wú shàngzhuāng) (Chinese Mandarin), 上空 (shàngkōng) (Chinese Mandarin), nahoře bez (Czech), topløs (Danish), nudmama (Esperanto), berbróstað (Faroese), yläosaton (Finnish), topless (French), seins nus (French), barbusig (German), topless (German), oben ohne (German), busenfrei (German), γυμνόστηθος (gymnóstithos) (Greek), félmeztelen (Hungarian), meztelen/csupasz felsőtestű (Hungarian), トップレス (topuresu) (Japanese), toppløs (Norwegian Bokmål), topplaus (Norwegian Bokmål), topplaus (Norwegian Nynorsk), toples (Polish), topless (Polish), topless (Portuguese), с обнажённой гру́дью (s obnažónnoj grúdʹju) (note: of women) (Russian), с го́лым то́рсом (s gólym tórsom) (note: of men) (Russian), то́плес (tóplɛs) (Russian), â nuda (Sicilian), a l'ariò (Sicilian), a l'ària (Sicilian), a l'àriu (Sicilian), hore bez (Slovak), üstsüz (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-topless-en-adj-O8zQGn5O Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 6 47 41 Disambiguation of 'naked from the waist up': 0 0 66 34
  4. (of a place) Featuring women that are naked from the waist up, often strippers or dancers. Tags: not-comparable Translations (featuring women that are naked from the waist up): без горнище на банския (bez gornište na banskija) (Bulgarian), topless (Finnish), tissi- [colloquial] (Finnish), topless (French), barbusig (German), topless (German), topless (Hungarian), トップレス (topuresu) (Japanese), ū tautau (Maori), то́плес (tóplɛs) (Russian), â nuda (Sicilian), a l'ariò (Sicilian), a l'ària (Sicilian), a l'àriu (Sicilian)
    Sense id: en-topless-en-adj-8VrqAZwM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 6 47 41 Disambiguation of 'featuring women that are naked from the waist up': 1 1 21 77
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: topless dress, toplessly, toplessness, topless radio

Adverb

Audio: en-us-topless.ogg [US]
Etymology: From top + -less. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|top|less}} top + -less Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} topless (not comparable)
  1. Not wearing any clothes on the upper body. Tags: not-comparable Translations (not wearing any clothes on the upper body): yläosattomana (Finnish), toples (Polish), topless (Polish)
    Sense id: en-topless-en-adv-ibiIipvo Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -less Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -less: 6 10 23 18 31 12

Noun

Audio: en-us-topless.ogg [US] Forms: toplesses [plural]
Etymology: From top + -less. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|top|less}} top + -less Head templates: {{en-noun}} topless (plural toplesses)
  1. (automotive) A convertible car having the top retracted or otherwise open. Categories (topical): Automotive Related terms: bottomless, monokini, toplessness
    Sense id: en-topless-en-noun-oz2QiznV Topics: automotive, transport, vehicles

Inflected forms

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          "_dis1": "94 1 4 1",
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          "roman": "bez pokriv",
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          "word": "без покрив"
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          "word": "без ве́рха"
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          "ref": "late 16th century Christopher Marlowe, Doctor Faustus",
          "roman": "And burnt the topless towers of Ilium?",
          "text": "Was this the face that launch'd a thousand ships,"
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          "word": "égbe nyúló"
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          "text": "The council voted to allow topless swimmers on the beach.",
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          "top",
          "top"
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          "half",
          "half"
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          "body",
          "body"
        ],
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          "naked",
          "naked"
        ],
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          "waist",
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        ],
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          "up",
          "up"
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        "(chiefly of a woman) Not wearing a garment covering the top half of the body; naked from the waist up."
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          "word": "bare-breasted"
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          "english": "of a man",
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        },
        {
          "word": "half-naked"
        },
        {
          "word": "semi-nude"
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        {
          "word": "shirtless"
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        {
          "word": "topfree"
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          "_dis1": "0 0 66 34",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "gol do krǎsta",
          "sense": "naked from the waist up",
          "word": "гол до кръста"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 66 34",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "naked from the waist up",
          "word": "無上裝"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 66 34",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "wú shàngzhuāng",
          "sense": "naked from the waist up",
          "word": "无上装"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 66 34",
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "shàngkōng",
          "sense": "naked from the waist up",
          "word": "上空"
        },
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "naked from the waist up",
          "word": "nahoře bez"
        },
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "naked from the waist up",
          "word": "topløs"
        },
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          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "naked from the waist up",
          "word": "nudmama"
        },
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          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "naked from the waist up",
          "word": "berbróstað"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 66 34",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "naked from the waist up",
          "word": "yläosaton"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 66 34",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "naked from the waist up",
          "word": "topless"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 66 34",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "naked from the waist up",
          "word": "seins nus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 66 34",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "naked from the waist up",
          "word": "barbusig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 66 34",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "naked from the waist up",
          "word": "topless"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 66 34",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "naked from the waist up",
          "word": "oben ohne"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 66 34",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "naked from the waist up",
          "word": "busenfrei"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 66 34",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "gymnóstithos",
          "sense": "naked from the waist up",
          "word": "γυμνόστηθος"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 66 34",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "naked from the waist up",
          "word": "félmeztelen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 66 34",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "naked from the waist up",
          "word": "meztelen/csupasz felsőtestű"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 66 34",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "topuresu",
          "sense": "naked from the waist up",
          "word": "トップレス"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 66 34",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "naked from the waist up",
          "word": "toppløs"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 66 34",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "naked from the waist up",
          "word": "topplaus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 66 34",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "naked from the waist up",
          "word": "topplaus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 66 34",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "naked from the waist up",
          "word": "toples"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 66 34",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "naked from the waist up",
          "word": "topless"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 66 34",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "naked from the waist up",
          "word": "topless"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 66 34",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "note": "of women",
          "roman": "s obnažónnoj grúdʹju",
          "sense": "naked from the waist up",
          "word": "с обнажённой гру́дью"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 66 34",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "note": "of men",
          "roman": "s gólym tórsom",
          "sense": "naked from the waist up",
          "word": "с го́лым то́рсом"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 66 34",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "tóplɛs",
          "sense": "naked from the waist up",
          "word": "то́плес"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 66 34",
          "code": "scn",
          "lang": "Sicilian",
          "sense": "naked from the waist up",
          "word": "â nuda"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 66 34",
          "code": "scn",
          "lang": "Sicilian",
          "sense": "naked from the waist up",
          "word": "a l'ariò"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 66 34",
          "code": "scn",
          "lang": "Sicilian",
          "sense": "naked from the waist up",
          "word": "a l'ària"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 66 34",
          "code": "scn",
          "lang": "Sicilian",
          "sense": "naked from the waist up",
          "word": "a l'àriu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 66 34",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "naked from the waist up",
          "word": "hore bez"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 66 34",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "naked from the waist up",
          "word": "üstsüz"
        }
      ]
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        {
          "ref": "1971, “L.A. Woman”, in Jim Morrison (lyrics), L.A. Woman, performed by The Doors",
          "text": "Driving down your freeways / Midnight alleys roam / Cops in cars, the topless bars / Never saw a woman so alone",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1975, Bob Dylan (lyrics and music), “Tangled Up in Blue”, in Blood on the Tracks",
          "text": "She was workin' in a topless place / And I stopped in for beer / I just kept lookin' at the side of her face / In the spotlight so clear.",
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        "Featuring women that are naked from the waist up, often strippers or dancers."
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        [
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        ],
        [
          "waist",
          "waist"
        ],
        [
          "up",
          "up"
        ],
        [
          "stripper",
          "stripper"
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        [
          "dancer",
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of a place) Featuring women that are naked from the waist up, often strippers or dancers."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of a place",
        "of a place"
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      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 21 77",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "bez gornište na banskija",
          "sense": "featuring women that are naked from the waist up",
          "word": "без горнище на банския"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 21 77",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "featuring women that are naked from the waist up",
          "word": "topless"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 21 77",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "featuring women that are naked from the waist up",
          "tags": [
            "colloquial"
          ],
          "word": "tissi-"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 21 77",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "featuring women that are naked from the waist up",
          "word": "topless"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 21 77",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "featuring women that are naked from the waist up",
          "word": "barbusig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 21 77",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "featuring women that are naked from the waist up",
          "word": "topless"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 21 77",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "featuring women that are naked from the waist up",
          "word": "topless"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 21 77",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "topuresu",
          "sense": "featuring women that are naked from the waist up",
          "word": "トップレス"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 21 77",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "featuring women that are naked from the waist up",
          "word": "ū tautau"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 21 77",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "tóplɛs",
          "sense": "featuring women that are naked from the waist up",
          "word": "то́плес"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 21 77",
          "code": "scn",
          "lang": "Sicilian",
          "sense": "featuring women that are naked from the waist up",
          "word": "â nuda"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 21 77",
          "code": "scn",
          "lang": "Sicilian",
          "sense": "featuring women that are naked from the waist up",
          "word": "a l'ariò"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 21 77",
          "code": "scn",
          "lang": "Sicilian",
          "sense": "featuring women that are naked from the waist up",
          "word": "a l'ària"
        },
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        {
          "word": "half-naked"
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        {
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        {
          "word": "shirtless"
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        {
          "word": "topfree"
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          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1975, Bob Dylan (lyrics and music), “Tangled Up in Blue”, in Blood on the Tracks",
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "bez pokriv",
      "sense": "lacking a top",
      "word": "без покрив"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "lacking a top",
      "word": "无顶"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "lacking a top",
      "word": "無頂"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "lacking a top",
      "word": "无顶"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "lacking a top",
      "word": "yläosaton"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "lacking a top",
      "word": "avonainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "lacking a top",
      "word": "tető nélküli"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bez vérxa",
      "sense": "lacking a top",
      "word": "без ве́рха"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "lacking a top",
      "word": "â nuda"
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    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "lacking a top",
      "word": "a l'ariò"
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    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "lacking a top",
      "word": "a l'ària"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "lacking a top",
      "word": "a l'àriu"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "lacking a top",
      "word": "üstsüz"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "poetic: very high, towering",
      "word": "korkeana siintävä"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "poetic: very high, towering",
      "word": "égbe nyúló"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "note": "végtelen/irdatlan/mérhetetlen magas (ságú)",
      "sense": "poetic: very high, towering"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "gol do krǎsta",
      "sense": "naked from the waist up",
      "word": "гол до кръста"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "naked from the waist up",
      "word": "無上裝"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wú shàngzhuāng",
      "sense": "naked from the waist up",
      "word": "无上装"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shàngkōng",
      "sense": "naked from the waist up",
      "word": "上空"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "naked from the waist up",
      "word": "nahoře bez"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "naked from the waist up",
      "word": "topløs"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "naked from the waist up",
      "word": "nudmama"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "naked from the waist up",
      "word": "berbróstað"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "naked from the waist up",
      "word": "yläosaton"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "naked from the waist up",
      "word": "topless"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "naked from the waist up",
      "word": "seins nus"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "naked from the waist up",
      "word": "barbusig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "naked from the waist up",
      "word": "topless"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "naked from the waist up",
      "word": "oben ohne"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "naked from the waist up",
      "word": "busenfrei"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "gymnóstithos",
      "sense": "naked from the waist up",
      "word": "γυμνόστηθος"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "naked from the waist up",
      "word": "félmeztelen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "naked from the waist up",
      "word": "meztelen/csupasz felsőtestű"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "topuresu",
      "sense": "naked from the waist up",
      "word": "トップレス"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "naked from the waist up",
      "word": "toppløs"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "naked from the waist up",
      "word": "topplaus"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "naked from the waist up",
      "word": "topplaus"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "naked from the waist up",
      "word": "toples"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "naked from the waist up",
      "word": "topless"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "naked from the waist up",
      "word": "topless"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "note": "of women",
      "roman": "s obnažónnoj grúdʹju",
      "sense": "naked from the waist up",
      "word": "с обнажённой гру́дью"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "note": "of men",
      "roman": "s gólym tórsom",
      "sense": "naked from the waist up",
      "word": "с го́лым то́рсом"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "tóplɛs",
      "sense": "naked from the waist up",
      "word": "то́плес"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "naked from the waist up",
      "word": "â nuda"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "naked from the waist up",
      "word": "a l'ariò"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "naked from the waist up",
      "word": "a l'ària"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "naked from the waist up",
      "word": "a l'àriu"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "naked from the waist up",
      "word": "hore bez"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "naked from the waist up",
      "word": "üstsüz"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "bez gornište na banskija",
      "sense": "featuring women that are naked from the waist up",
      "word": "без горнище на банския"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "featuring women that are naked from the waist up",
      "word": "topless"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "featuring women that are naked from the waist up",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ],
      "word": "tissi-"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "featuring women that are naked from the waist up",
      "word": "topless"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "featuring women that are naked from the waist up",
      "word": "barbusig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "featuring women that are naked from the waist up",
      "word": "topless"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "featuring women that are naked from the waist up",
      "word": "topless"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "topuresu",
      "sense": "featuring women that are naked from the waist up",
      "word": "トップレス"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "featuring women that are naked from the waist up",
      "word": "ū tautau"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "tóplɛs",
      "sense": "featuring women that are naked from the waist up",
      "word": "то́плес"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "featuring women that are naked from the waist up",
      "word": "â nuda"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "featuring women that are naked from the waist up",
      "word": "a l'ariò"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "featuring women that are naked from the waist up",
      "word": "a l'ària"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "featuring women that are naked from the waist up",
      "word": "a l'àriu"
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}

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    {
      "audio": "en-us-topless.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/97/En-us-topless.ogg/En-us-topless.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/97/En-us-topless.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "not wearing any clothes on the upper body",
      "word": "yläosattomana"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "not wearing any clothes on the upper body",
      "word": "toples"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "not wearing any clothes on the upper body",
      "word": "topless"
    }
  ],
  "word": "topless"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English adjectives",
    "English adverbs",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms suffixed with -less",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English uncomparable adjectives",
    "English uncomparable adverbs"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "top",
        "3": "less"
      },
      "expansion": "top + -less",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From top + -less.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "toplesses",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "topless (plural toplesses)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "bottomless"
    },
    {
      "word": "monokini"
    },
    {
      "word": "toplessness"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Automotive"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A convertible car having the top retracted or otherwise open."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "automotive",
          "automotive"
        ],
        [
          "convertible",
          "convertible"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(automotive) A convertible car having the top retracted or otherwise open."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "automotive",
        "transport",
        "vehicles"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "en-us-topless.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/97/En-us-topless.ogg/En-us-topless.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/97/En-us-topless.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "topless"
}

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