bottom
n.
base, foot; buttocks; seat of a chair
v.
establish; construct; base, provide a foundation
Bottom
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
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)
(c) Copyright 1993 by Denis Howe
井底之蛙
jing3 di3 zhi1 wa1
A frog at the bottom of a well.
A person with a very limited outlook. Compare with 盲人摸象 (mang2 ren2 mo1 xiang4) and 舍本逐末 (she3 ben3 zhu2 mo4).
釜底游鱼
fu3 di3 you2 yu2
Fish swimming at the bottom of the pot.
Referring to an imminent death.