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bottom
adj. lower, under
 
n. base, foot; buttocks; seat of a chair
 
v. establish; construct; base, provide a foundation


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Bottom can refer to:Bottom is lowest part of an object.the buttocksbottom (sex), a sexual positionbottom (BDSM)Nick Bottom, a character from Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's DreamBottom (TV series), a British sitcom and stage showThe bottom quark, a subatomic particleBottom element, in lattice theory and related branches of mathematics The bottom type, or empty type, in type theory."Bottom", a song by Tool from their 1993 album Undertow
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bottom
Noun
1. the lower side of anything
(synonym) underside, undersurface
(hypernym) side, face
(hyponym) base
2. the lowest part of anything; "they started at the bottom of the hill"
(hypernym) region, part
(hyponym) foot
3. 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?"
(synonym) 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, behind, derriere, fanny, ass
(hypernym) body part
(part-holonym) torso, trunk, body
4. the second half of an inning; while the home team is at bat
(synonym) bottom of the inning
(antonym) top, top of the inning
(hypernym) turn, bout, round
(part-holonym) inning, frame
5. a depression forming the ground under a body of water; "he searched for treasure on the ocean bed"
(synonym) bed
(hypernym) natural depression, depression
(hyponym) lake bed, lake bottom
6. low-lying alluvial land near a river
(synonym) bottomland
(hypernym) land, ground, soil
7. a cargo ship; "they did much of their overseas trade in foreign bottoms"
(synonym) freighter, merchantman, merchant ship
(hypernym) cargo ship, cargo vessel
Verb
1. provide with a bottom or a seat; "bottom the chairs"
(hypernym) supply, provide, render, furnish
(classification) cabinetwork, cabinetry
2. strike the ground, as with a ship's bottom
(hypernym) hit, strike, impinge on, run into, collide with
3. come to understand
(synonym) penetrate, fathom
(hypernym) understand
Adjective
1. situated at the bottom or lowest position; "the bottom drawer"
(synonym) bottom(a)
(antonym) side(a)
(similar) bottommost, lowermost, nethermost
2. at the bottom; lowest or last; "the bottom price"
(synonym) lowest
(similar) minimal, minimum
3. the lowest rank; "bottom member of the class"
(synonym) poorest
(similar) worst


Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)Download this dictionary
Bottom
(a.)
Of or pertaining to the bottom; fundamental; lowest; under; as, bottom rock; the bottom board of a wagon box; bottom prices.
  
 
(n.)
A ball or skein of thread; a cocoon.
  
 
(n.)
An abyss.
  
 
(n.)
Dregs or grounds; lees; sediment.
  
 
(n.)
Low land formed by alluvial deposits along a river; low-lying ground; a dale; a valley.
  
 
(n.)
Power of endurance; as, a horse of a good bottom.
  
 
(n.)
That upon which anything rests or is founded, in a literal or a figurative sense; foundation; groundwork.
  
 
(n.)
The bed of a body of water, as of a river, lake, sea.
  
 
(n.)
The fundament; the buttocks.
  
 
(n.)
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.
  
 
(n.)
The part of a ship which is ordinarily under water; hence, the vessel itself; a ship.
  
 
(n.)
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.
  
 
(v. i.)
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.
  
 
(v. i.)
To rest, as upon an ultimate support; to be based or grounded; -- usually with on or upon.
  
 
(v. t.)
To found or build upon; to fix upon as a support; -- followed by on or upon.
  
 
(v. t.)
To furnish with a bottom; as, to bottom a chair.
  
 
(v. t.)
To reach or get to the bottom of.
  
 
(v. t.)
To wind round something, as in making a ball of thread.
  

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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).
(1997-01-07)


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