ALL meanings of bottom
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B b - verb transitive bottom to place (something) on or upon a foundation; base 3
- intransitive verb bottom to reach or rest upon the bottom 3
- intransitive verb bottom to be based or established 3
- noun bottom container, ocean: deepest part 1
- noun bottom thing, place: lowest part 1
- noun bottom seat, boat: underside 1
- noun bottom part furthest away 1
- adjective bottom lowest 1
- noun bottom lowest level 1
- noun bottom lowest rank 1
- noun bottom lowest priority 1
- noun bottom baseball: second half of inning 1
- noun plural bottom pajamas, etc.: trousers, pants 1
- intransitive verb bottom vessel: hit ocean or lake floor 1
- intransitive verb bottom reach lowest point 1
- transitive verb bottom bring to lowest point 1
- transitive verb bottom work out 1
- transitive verb bottom put a bottom on 1
- noun bottom the lowest or deepest part of anything, as distinguished from the top: the bottom of a hill; the bottom of a page. Synonyms: base, foot, pedestal. 1
- noun bottom the under or lower side; underside: the bottom of a typewriter. 1
- noun bottom the ground under any body of water: the bottom of the sea. 1
- noun bottom Usually, bottoms. Also called bottom land. Physical Geography. low alluvial land next to a river. 1
- noun bottom 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. 1
- noun bottom the seat of a chair. 1
- noun bottom Informal. the buttocks; rump. 1
- noun bottom the fundamental part; basic aspect. Synonyms: foundation, groundwork, underlying principle. 1
- noun bottom bottoms, (used with a plural verb) the bottom part of a two-piece article of clothing, as a bathing suit or the trousers of a pair of pajamas. 1
- noun bottom the working part of a plow, comprising the plowshare, landside, and moldboard. 1
- noun bottom the cause; origin; basis: Try getting to the bottom of the problem. Synonyms: base, root, heart; ground, cause, beginning, wellspring. 1
- noun bottom Baseball. the second half of an inning. the last three players in the batting order. 1
- noun bottom lowest limit, especially of dignity, status, or rank: When people sink that low, they're bound to reach the bottom soon. 1
- noun bottom Slang. the submissive partner in a sexual relationship or encounter, especially the person who is penetrated in anal intercourse (opposed to top). 1
- noun bottom Usually, bottoms. Chemistry. the heaviest, least volatile fraction of petroleum, left behind in distillation after more volatile fractions are driven off. 1
- verb with object bottom to furnish with a bottom. 1
- verb with object bottom to base or found (usually followed by on or upon). 1
- verb with object bottom to discover the full meaning of (something); fathom. 1
- noun Technical meaning of bottom (theory) The least defined element in a given domain. Often used to represent a non-terminating computation. (In LaTeX, bottom is written as \perp, sometimes with the domain as a subscript). 1
- verb with object bottom to bring (a submarine) to rest on the ocean floor: They had to bottom the sub until the enemy cruisers had passed by. 1
- verb without object bottom to be based; rest. 1
- verb without object bottom to strike against the bottom or end; reach the bottom. 1
- verb without object bottom (of an automotive vehicle) 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. 1
- adjective bottom of or relating to the bottom or a bottom. 1
- adjective bottom located on or at the bottom: I want the bottom book in the stack. 1
- adjective bottom lowest: bottom prices. 1
- adjective bottom living near or on the bottom: A flounder is a bottom fish. 1
- adjective bottom fundamental: the bottom cause. 1
- idioms bottom at bottom, in reality; fundamentally: They knew at bottom that they were only deceiving themselves. Also, at the bottom. 1
- idioms bottom bet one's bottom dollar, to wager the last of one's money or resources. to be positive or assured: You can bet your bottom dollar that something will prevent us from leaving on time. 1
- idioms bottom bottoms up, (used as an interjection to announce or urge the downing of one's drink). 1
- idioms bottom hit bottom, to fall into the worst of all possible circumstances: After all those years of flying high, she finally hit bottom. When the housing market crashed, it really hit bottom, leaving people with houses worth less than their mortgages. 1