n. | 1. | 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. |
| 2. | 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. |
| 3. | That upon which anything rests or is founded, in a literal or a figurative sense; foundation; groundwork. |
| 4. | The bed of a body of water, as of a river, lake, sea. |
| 5. | The fundament; the buttocks. |
| 6. | An abyss. |
| 7. | Low land formed by alluvial deposits along a river; low-lying ground; a dale; a valley. |
| 8. | (Naut.) The part of a ship which is ordinarily under water; hence, the vessel itself; a ship. |
| 9. | Power of endurance; as, a horse of a good bottom. |
| 10. | Dregs or grounds; lees; sediment. |
a. | 1. | Of or pertaining to the bottom; fundamental; lowest; under; as, bottom rock; the bottom board of a wagon box; bottom prices. |
v. t. | 1. | To found or build upon; to fix upon as a support; - followed by on or upon. |
| 2. | To furnish with a bottom; as, to bottom a chair. |
| 3. | To reach or get to the bottom of. |
v. i. | 1. | To rest, as upon an ultimate support; to be based or grounded; - usually with on or upon. |
| 2. | 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. |
n. | 1. | A ball or skein of thread; a cocoon. |
v. t. | 1. | To wind round something, as in making a ball of thread. |
Noun | 1. | bottom - the lower side of anything |
| 2. | bottom - the lowest part of anything; "they started at the bottom of the hill" |
| 3. | bottom - 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?"Synonyms: arse, ass, behind, buns, buttocks, hind end, hindquarters, keister, nates, posterior, prat, derriere, fanny, rear end, tooshie, tush, seat, fundament, backside, butt, rump, stern, tail end, tail, rear, can, bum |
| 4. | bottom - the second half of an inning; while the home team is at batAntonyms: top of the inning, top - the first half of an inning; while the visiting team is at bat; "a relief pitcher took over in the top of the fifth" |
| 5. | bottom - a depression forming the ground under a body of water; "he searched for treasure on the ocean bed" |
| 6. | bottom - low-lying alluvial land near a river |
| 7. | bottom - a cargo ship; "they did much of their overseas trade in foreign bottoms" |
Verb | 1. | bottom - provide with a bottom or a seat; "bottom the chairs" |
| 2. | bottom - strike the ground, as with a ship's bottom |
| 3. | bottom - come to understand |
Adj. | 1. | bottom - situated at the bottom or lowest position; "the bottom drawer"Antonyms: side - located on a side; "side fences"; "the side porch" top - situated at the top or highest position; "the top shelf" |
| 2. | bottom - at the bottom; lowest or last; "the bottom price" |
| 3. | bottom - the lowest rank; "bottom member of the class" |