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 Definitions of Bottom  [ˈbɒt əm]  

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Definition of 'Bottom' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) bottom
the lowest or deepest part of anything, as distinguished from the top:
the bottom of a page; ice on the bottom of the glass.

2.  bottom
the under or lower side; underside:
the bottom of a typewriter.

3.  bottom
the ground under any body of water:
the bottom of the sea.

4.  bottom
Usu., bottoms. low alluvial land next to a river.

5.  bottom
the part of a hull of a vessel that is immersed at all times.

6.  bottom
a cargo vessel.

7.  bottom
the seat of a chair.

8.  bottom
Informal. the buttocks; rump.

9.  bottom
the fundamental part; basic aspect.

10.  bottom
bottoms, (used with a pl. v.) the trousers or pants of a pair of pajamas.

11.  bottom
the cause; origin; basis.

12.  bottom
the second half of an inning in baseball.

13.  bottom
the lowest limit, esp. of dignity or status; nadir.

14. (v.t.) bottom
to furnish with a bottom.

15.  bottom
to base or found (usu. fol. by on or upon).

16.  bottom
to discover the full meaning of (something); fathom.

17. (v.i.) bottom
to be based; rest.

18.  bottom
to strike against or reach the bottom.

19.  bottom
bottom out, to reach the lowest state or level.

20. (adj.) bottom
of or pertaining to the bottom or a bottom.

21.  bottom
located on or at the bottom:
the bottom floor.

22.  bottom
lowest:
bottom prices.

23.  bottom
living near or on the bottom:
A flounder is a bottom fish.

24.  bottom
fundamental:
the bottom cause.

25.  bottom
to be positive or assured.


Definition of 'Bottom' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) bottom, underside, undersurface
the lower side of anything

2. (noun) bottom
the lowest part of anything
"they started at the bottom of the hill"

3. (noun) buttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can, fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, stern, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom, behind, derriere, fanny, ass
the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
"he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?"

4. (noun) bottom, bottom of the inning
the second half of an inning; while the home team is at bat

5. (noun) bed, bottom
a depression forming the ground under a body of water
"he searched for treasure on the ocean bed"

6. (noun) bottomland, bottom
low-lying alluvial land near a river

7. (adj) bottom, freighter, merchantman, merchant ship
a cargo ship
"they did much of their overseas trade in foreign bottoms"

8. (adj) bottom(a)
situated at the bottom or lowest position
"the bottom drawer"

9. (verb) bottom
the lowest rank
"bottom member of the class"

10. (verb) bottom
provide with a bottom or a seat
"bottom the chairs"

11. (verb) bottom
strike the ground, as with a ship's bottom

12. (verb) penetrate, fathom, bottom
come to understand


Definition of 'Bottom' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) bottom
***the bottom
≠ the top
the bottom of the ladder; Sign at the bottom of the letter.

2.  bottom
≠ the top
instructions on the bottom of the box

3.  bottom
the part of the body you sit on
***She fell on her bottom.

4.  bottom
at the bottom of sth
being the real cause of a problem
Greed is at the bottom of most of our problems.

5.  bottom
get to the bottom of sth
to find out the real cause of a problem
***It took years to get to the bottom of what happened.

6. (adjective) bottom
≠ top
the bottom shelf/cupboard

7.  bottom
≠ top
in the bottom half of the rankings


Definition of 'Bottom' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) Bottom
of or pertaining to the bottom; fundamental; lowest; under; as, bottom rock; the bottom board of a wagon box; bottom prices

2. (noun) Bottom
the lowest part of anything; the foot; as, the bottom of a tree or well; the bottom of a hill, a lane, or a page

3. (noun) Bottom
the part of anything which is beneath the contents and supports them, as the part of a chair on which a person sits, the circular base or lower head of a cask or tub, or the plank floor of a ship's hold; the under surface

4. (noun) Bottom
that upon which anything rests or is founded, in a literal or a figurative sense; foundation; groundwork

5. (noun) Bottom
the bed of a body of water, as of a river, lake, sea

6. (noun) Bottom
the fundament; the buttocks

7. (noun) Bottom
an abyss

8. (noun) Bottom
low land formed by alluvial deposits along a river; low-lying ground; a dale; a valley

9. (noun) Bottom
the part of a ship which is ordinarily under water; hence, the vessel itself; a ship

10. (noun) Bottom
power of endurance; as, a horse of a good bottom

11. (noun) Bottom
dregs or grounds; lees; sediment

12. (noun) Bottom
a ball or skein of thread; a cocoon

13. (verb) Bottom
to found or build upon; to fix upon as a support; -- followed by on or upon

14. (verb) Bottom
to furnish with a bottom; as, to bottom a chair

15. (verb) Bottom
to reach or get to the bottom of

16. (verb) Bottom
to rest, as upon an ultimate support; to be based or grounded; -- usually with on or upon

17. (verb) Bottom
to reach or impinge against the bottom, so as to impede free action, as when the point of a cog strikes the bottom of a space between two other cogs, or a piston the end of a cylinder

18. (verb) Bottom
to wind round something, as in making a ball of thread


Definitions of 'Bottom' The Nuttall Encyclopedia 

1.  Bottom
a weaver in the interlude in "Midsummer-Night's Dream," whom, with his ass's head, Titania falls in love with under the influence of a love-potion.


Translation of 'Bottom' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: the lowest part of anything
the bottom of the sea.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: bodem Arabic flag Arabic: قاع، قَعْر، أسْفَل Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: дъно
Brazilian flag Brazilian: fundo Czech flag Czech: dno German flag German: der Boden
Danish flag Danish: bund Greek flag Greek: πυθμένας, πάτος Spanish flag Spanish: fondo
Estonian flag Estonian: põhi Farsi flag Farsi: ته Finnish flag Finnish: pohja
French flag French: fond Hebrew flag Hebrew: תַּחתִית Hindi flag Hindi: सबसे नीचे का भाग
Croatian flag Croatian: dno Hungarian flag Hungarian: fenék, vminek az alja Indonesian flag Indonesian: dasar
Icelandic flag Icelandic: botn Italian flag Italian: fondo Japanese flag Japanese: 
Korean flag Korean: 하부 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: dugnas Latvian flag Latvian: apakšējā daļa; pamats; di
Malay flag Malay: dasar Dutch flag Dutch: bodem Norwegian flag Norwegian: bunn
Polish flag Polish: dno Persian flag Persian: ته Pashto flag Pashto: ښکتنی برخه
Portuguese flag Portuguese: fundo Romanian flag Romanian: fund Russian flag Russian: дно
Slovak flag Slovak: dno Slovenian flag Slovenian: dno Serbian flag Serbian: dno
Swedish flag Swedish: botten Thai flag Thai: ส่วนต่ำที่สุด Turkish flag Turkish: taban, dip
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 底部 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: дно; низ Urdu flag Urdu: پیندا ، نچلا حصہ
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: đáy Chinese flag Chinese: 底部

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