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
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.