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- : the lowest or deepest part of anything, as distinguished from the top: the bottom of a hill; the bottom of a page.
- : the under or lower side; underside: the bottom of a typewriter.
- : the ground under any body of water: the bottom of the sea.
- : Usually bottoms .Also called bottom land. Physical Geography. low alluvial land next to a river.
- : Nautical. the part of a hull between the bilges, including the keel.the part of a hull that is immersed at all times.the cargo space in a vessel.a cargo vessel.
- : the seat of a chair.
- : Informal. the buttocks; rump.
- : the fundamental part; basic aspect.
- : bottoms, the bottom part of a two-piece article of clothing, as a bathing suit or the trousers of a pair of pajamas.
- : the working part of a plow, comprising the plowshare, landside, and moldboard.
- : the cause; origin; basis: Try getting to the bottom of the problem.
- : Baseball. the second half of an inning.the last three players in the batting order.
- : lowest limit, especially of dignity, status, or rank: When people sink that low, they're bound to reach the bottom soon.
- : Slang. the submissive partner in a sexual relationship or encounter, especially the person who is penetrated in anal intercourse.
- : Usually bottoms .Chemistry. the heaviest, least volatile fraction of petroleum, left behind in distillation after more volatile fractions are driven off.
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- : to furnish with a bottom.
- : to base or found.
- : to discover the full meaning of; fathom.
- : to bring to rest on the ocean floor: They had to bottom the sub until the enemy cruisers had passed by.
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- : to be based; rest.
- : to strike against the bottom or end; reach the bottom.
- : to sink vertically, as when bouncing after passing over a bump, so that the suspension reaches the lower limit of its motion: The car bottomed too easily on the bumpy road.
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- : of or relating to the bottom or a bottom.
- : located on or at the bottom: I want the bottom book in the stack.
- : lowest: bottom prices.
- : living near or on the bottom: A flounder is a bottom fish.
- : fundamental: the bottom cause.
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- : bottom out, to reach the lowest state or level: The declining securities market finally bottomed out and began to rise.
Phrases
- bottom drops out, the
- bottom line
- bottom of the barrel
- bottom of the ladder
- bottom out
- at bottom
- from head to toe (top to bottom)
- from the bottom of one's heart
- get to the bottom
- hit (touch) bottom
- knock the bottom out of
- rock bottom
- touch bottom
- you bet your ass (bottom dollar)
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
He hits bottom at Rocamadour, a sanctuary in the Dordogne known as a citadel of faith devoted to Mary.
Despite its ranking at the bottom of most international development indexes, the conflict is shrouded by confusion.
Mary Elizabeth Williams of Salon labels the show a “crass stunt” on a “bottom-feeding vortex of sadness network.”
Bottom line is that it will only be a BVR [beyond visual range] airplane.
On Monday, Soelistyo had jolted relatives as well as searchers by suggesting that the plane could be “at the bottom of the sea.”
But, as the keel of the boats touched bottom, each boat-load dashed into the water and then into the enemy's fire.
In these archipelagos the waters being shallow, the frost was quite intense enough to cool them to the bottom.
"I have a letter somewhere," looking in the machine drawer and finding the letter in the bottom of the workbasket.
In the presence of bromin the chloroform, which settles to the bottom, assumes a yellow color.
The signatures at the bottom of this memorandum, were hidden from Wharton's view, when he was allowed to read it.