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BOTTOM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A cargo ship
Example:
they did much of their overseas trade in foreign bottoms
Synonyms:
bottom; freighter; merchant ship; merchantman
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("bottom" is a kind of...):
cargo ship; cargo vessel (a ship designed to carry cargo)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
Example:
are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?
Synonyms:
arse; ass; backside; behind; bottom; bum; buns; butt; buttocks; can; derriere; fanny; fundament; hind end; hindquarters; keister; nates; posterior; prat; rear; rear end; rump; seat; stern; tail; tail end; tooshie; tush
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("bottom" is a kind of...):
body part (any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity)
Holonyms ("bottom" is a part of...):
body; torso; trunk (the body excluding the head and neck and limbs)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The lower side of anything
Synonyms:
bottom; underside; undersurface
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("bottom" is a kind of...):
face; side (a surface forming part of the outside of an object)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bottom"):
base (a flat bottom on which something is intended to sit)
bilge (where the sides of the vessel curve in to form the bottom)
heel (the bottom of a shoe or boot; the back part of a shoe or boot that touches the ground and provides elevation)
sole (the underside of footwear or a golf club)
underbelly (lower side)
Derivation:
bottom (strike the ground, as with a ship's bottom)
bottom (provide with a bottom or a seat)
Sense 4
Meaning:
The lowest part of anything
Example:
they started at the bottom of the hill
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("bottom" is a kind of...):
part; region (the extended spatial location of something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bottom"):
foot (the lower part of anything)
base ((anatomy) the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment)
rock bottom (the absolute bottom)
Derivation:
bottom (strike the ground, as with a ship's bottom)
bottom (provide with a bottom or a seat)
Sense 5
Meaning:
A depression forming the ground under a body of water
Example:
he searched for treasure on the ocean bed
Synonyms:
bed; bottom
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("bottom" is a kind of...):
depression; natural depression (a sunken or depressed geological formation)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bottom"):
lake bed; lake bottom (the bottom of a lake)
Davy Jones; Davy Jones's locker; ocean bottom; ocean floor; sea bottom; sea floor; seabed (the bottom of a sea or ocean)
river bottom; riverbed (a channel occupied (or formerly occupied) by a river)
creek bed; streambed (a channel occupied (or formerly occupied) by a stream)
Sense 6
Meaning:
Low-lying alluvial land near a river
Synonyms:
bottom; bottomland
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("bottom" is a kind of...):
ground; land; soil (material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use))
Sense 7
Meaning:
The second half of an inning; while the home team is at bat
Synonyms:
bottom; bottom of the inning
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("bottom" is a kind of...):
bout; round; turn ((sports) a division during which one team is on the offensive)
Holonyms ("bottom" is a part of...):
frame; inning ((baseball) one of nine divisions of play during which each team has a turn at bat)
Antonym:
top (the first half of an inning; while the visiting team is at bat)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The lowest rank
Example:
bottom member of the class
Classified under:
Similar:
worst ((superlative of 'bad') most wanting in quality or value or condition)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Situated at the bottom or lowest position
Example:
the bottom drawer
Classified under:
Similar:
bottommost; lowermost; nethermost (farthest down)
inferior (lower than a given reference point)
nether (lower)
Antonym:
side (located on a side)
top (situated at the top or highest position)
III. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they bottom ... he / she / it bottoms
Past simple: bottomed
Past participle: bottomed
-ing form: bottoming
Sense 1
Meaning:
Come to understand
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Hypernyms (to "bottom" is one way to...):
understand (know and comprehend the nature or meaning of)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Sense 2
Meaning:
Strike the ground, as with a ship's bottom
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "bottom" is one way to...):
collide with; hit; impinge on; run into; strike (hit against; come into sudden contact with)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Derivation:
bottom (the lower side of anything)
bottom (the lowest part of anything)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Provide with a bottom or a seat
Example:
bottom the chairs
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "bottom" is one way to...):
furnish; provide; render; supply (give something useful or necessary to)
Domain category:
cabinetry; cabinetwork (the craft of making furniture (especially furniture of high quality))
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
bottom (the lower side of anything)
bottom (the lowest part of anything)
Context examples:
Between the aluminum top and the silicon bottom is a very thin layer of silicon dioxide.
(Harvesting Electrical Power from Waste Heat, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
The door at the bottom was closed, but unlocked.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Well, I am sure Moran was at the bottom of it, but nothing could be proved.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
With trembling hands I undid my trunk, turned out the contents, and drew from the bottom my own hair.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
It was a long climb, and they could not go fast; but very fast to Negore they seemed to approach the midway point where top was no less near than bottom.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
"The bottom line is that we don't know the answer," Jacobs acknowledged.
(Vitamin C Might Shorten Tuberculosis Treatment Time, Study Indicates, VOA/Steve Baragona)
Entreating him, therefore, to remain a few minutes at the bottom of the stairs, I darted up towards my own room.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
Pharyngeal cancer includes cancer of the nasopharynx (the upper part of the throat behind the nose), the oropharynx (the middle part of the pharynx), and the hypopharynx (the bottom part of the pharynx).
(Pharyngeal cancer, NCI Dictionary)
Far less than half-way to the hamlet, very little beyond the bottom of the hill, we must come forth into the moonlight.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
Formation by cetrifugation of a tightly packed sample in the bottom of a tube.
(Pellet Formation, NCI Thesaurus)
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