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bottom

/ˈbɒtəm/

noun

Meaning

  • The lowest part of anything.

    "Footers appear at the bottoms of pages."

  • Character, reliability, staying power, dignity, integrity or sound judgment.

    "lack bottom"

  • Low-lying land; a valley or hollow.

    "Where shall we go for a walk? How about Ashcombe Bottom?"

  • The buttocks or anus.

  • A cargo vessel, a ship.

  • Certain parts of a vessel, particularly the cargo hold or the portion of the ship that is always underwater.

  • The second half of an inning, the home team's turn at bat.

  • (BDSM) A submissive in sadomasochistic sexual activity.

  • A person with a preference for being penetrated during sexual intercourse.

  • A bottom quark.

  • The lowest part of a container.

  • A ball or skein of thread; a cocoon.

  • The bed of a body of water, as of a river, lake, or sea.

  • An abyss.

  • Power of endurance.

    "a horse of a good bottom"

  • Dregs or grounds; lees; sediment.

  • (usually: bottoms or bottomland) Low-lying land near a river with alluvial soil.

Synonyms

catcher,
derriere,
sit upon,
🍑,
base

verb

Meaning

  • To furnish (something) with a bottom.

    "to bottom a chair"

  • To wind (like a ball of thread etc.).

  • To establish or found (something) on or upon.

  • (chiefly in passive) To lie on the bottom of; to underlie, to lie beneath.

  • To be based or grounded.

  • To reach or strike against the bottom of something, so as to impede free action.

  • To reach the bottom of something.

  • To fall to the lowest point.

  • To be the more passive or receiving partner in a sexual act or relationship; to be submissive in a BDSM relationship; to be anally penetrated in gay sex.

    "I've never bottomed in my life."

adjective

Meaning

  • The lowest or last place or position.

    "Those files should go on the bottom shelf."