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Bottom

ˈbɒtəm

Bottom definitions
noun
bottom bottoms
  1. the lowest point or part of something

    "the bottom of the page"

    foot lowest part lowest point base extremity
    • the ground under a sea, river, or lake

      "the liner plunged to the bottom of the sea"

    • the lowest surface on the inside of a container

      "place the fruit on the bottom of the dish"

    • the furthest part or point of something

      "the shed at the bottom of the garden"

    • the lowest position in a competition or ranking

      "he started at the bottom and now has his own business"

    • the lower half of a specified two-piece garment

      "a pair of pyjama bottoms"

    • the keel or hull of a ship

      "the double bottoms of the ship"

    • a ship, especially considered as a unit of transport capacity
  2. a person's buttocks

    "he climbs the side of the gorge, scratching his bottom unselfconsciously"

  3. stamina or strength of character

    "whatever his faults, he possesses that old-fashioned quality—bottom"

  4. a man who takes the passive role in anal intercourse with another man
adjective
bottom
  1. in the lowest position

    "the books on the bottom shelf"

    • (of a place) in the furthest position away in a downhill direction

      "the bottom field"

    • in the lowest or last position in a competition or ranking

      "I was put in the bottom class"

  2. denoting a flavour (variety) of unstable quark having an electric charge of -1/3. Bottom quarks have similar properties to down quarks and strange quarks, but are distinguished from them by having a larger mass
verb
bottom bottomed bottoming bottoms
  1. (of a situation) reach the lowest point before stabilizing or improving

    "encouraging signs suggested the recession was bottoming out"

  2. (of a ship) reach or touch the ground under the sea

    "nuclear submarines cannot bottom"

    • excavate (a hole or mine) to the level of a mineral-bearing stratum

      "scores of abandoned claims have never been properly bottomed, according to the old prospectors"

    • find gold or other minerals while mining

      "he's bottomed on opal there"

    • find the extent or real nature of

      "he had bottomed the whole inquiry"