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bot·tom (b

1. The deepest or lowest part: the bottom of a well; the bottom of the page.

2. The part closest to a reference point: was positioned at the bottom of the key for a rebound.

3. The underside: scraped the bottom of the car on a rock.

4. The supporting part; the base.

5. The far end or part: at the bottom of the bed.

a. The last place, as on a list.

b. The lowest or least favorable position: started at the bottom of the corporate hierarchy.

7. The basic underlying quality; the source: Let's get to the bottom of the problem.

8. The solid surface under a body of water.

9. Low-lying alluvial land adjacent to a river. Often used in the plural. Also called bottomland.

10.

a. Nautical The part of a ship's hull below the water line.

b. A ship; a boat: "English merchants did much of their overseas trade in foreign bottoms" (G.M. Trevelyan).

11. The trousers or short pants of pajamas. Often used in the plural.

12. Informal The buttocks.

13. The seat of a chair.

14. Baseball The second or last half of an inning.

15. Staying power; stamina. Used of a horse.

v. bot·tomed, bot·tom·ing, bot·toms

v.tr.

1. To provide with an underside.

2. To provide with a foundation.

3. To get to the bottom of; fathom.

v.intr.

1. To be or become based or grounded.

2. To rest on or touch the bottom.

Phrasal Verb:

bottom out

To descend to the lowest point possible, after which only a rise may occur: Sales of personal computers have bottomed out.

Idiom:

at bottom

Basically.

[Middle English botme, from Old English botm.]

bottom·er n.

bottom [ˈbɒtəm]

1. the lowest, deepest, or farthest removed part of a thing the bottom of a hill

2. the least important or successful position the bottom of a class

3. the ground underneath a sea, lake, or river

(Transport / Nautical Terms)

touch bottom to run aground

5. the inner depths of a person's true feelings (esp in the phrase from the bottom of one's heart)

6. the underneath part of a thing

7. (Transport / Nautical Terms) Nautical the parts of a vessel's hull that are under water

8. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) (Business / Commerce) (in literary or commercial contexts) a boat or ship

9. (Group Games / Billiards & Snooker) Billiards Snooker a strike in the centre of the cue ball

10. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) a dry valley or hollow

11. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) (often plural) US and Canadian the low land bordering a river

12. (Mining & Quarrying) the lowest level worked in a mine

13. (esp of horses) staying power; stamina

14. importance, seriousness, or influence his views all have weight and bottom

15. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) Informal the buttocks

at bottom in reality; basically or despite appearances to the contrary he's a kind man at bottom

be at the bottom of to be the ultimate cause of

get to the bottom of to discover the real truth about

knock the bottom out of to destroy or eliminate

adj (prenominal)

1. lowest or last the bottom price

bet (or put) one's bottom dollar on to be absolutely sure of (one's opinion, a person, project, etc.)

3. of, relating to, or situated at the bottom or a bottom the bottom shelf

4. fundamental; basic

1. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Furniture) (tr) to provide (a chair, etc.) with a bottom or seat

2. (tr) to discover the full facts or truth of; fathom

3. (usually foll by on or upon) to base or be founded (on an idea, etc.)

4. (Transport / Nautical Terms) (intr) Nautical to strike the ground beneath the water with a vessel's bottom

5. (Mining & Quarrying) Austral Mining

a. to mine (a hole, claim, etc.) deep enough to reach any gold there is

b. (intr; foll by on) to reach (gold, mud, etc.) on bottoming

6. (Electronics) Electronics to saturate a transistor so that further increase of input produces no change in output See also bottom out

[Old English botm; related to Old Norse botn, Old High German bodam, Latin fundus, Greek puthmēn]

ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms

Noun	1.	bottom - the lower side of anything underside, undersurface base - a flat bottom on which something is intended to sit; "a tub should sit on its own base" 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 side, face - a surface forming part of the outside of an object; "he examined all sides of the crystal"; "dew dripped from the face of the leaf" underbelly - lower side; "the underbellies of clouds"
	2.	bottom - the lowest part of anything; "they started at the bottom of the hill" foot - the lower part of anything; "curled up on the foot of the bed"; "the foot of the page"; "the foot of the list"; "the foot of the mountain" base - (anatomy) the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment; "the base of the skull" rock bottom - the absolute bottom region, part - the extended spatial location of something; "the farming regions of France"; "religions in all parts of the world"; "regions of outer space"
	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?" arse, ass, behind, buns, buttocks, hind end, hindquarters, keister, nates, posterior, prat, derriere, fanny, rear end, tooshie, tush, seat, fundament, backside, rump, stern, tail end, tail, rear, bum, can, butt body part - any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity torso, trunk, body - the body excluding the head and neck and limbs; "they moved their arms and legs and bodies"
	4.	bottom - the second half of an inning; while the home team is at bat bottom of the inning inning, frame - (baseball) one of nine divisions of play during which each team has a turn at bat bout, round, turn - (sports) a division during which one team is on the offensive 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" bed lake bed, lake bottom - the bottom of a lake natural depression, depression - a sunken or depressed geological formation 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
	6.	bottom - low-lying alluvial land near a river bottomland land, soil, ground - material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use); "the land had never been plowed"; "good agricultural soil"
	7.	bottom - a cargo ship; "they did much of their overseas trade in foreign bottoms" freighter, merchant ship, merchantman cargo ship, cargo vessel - a ship designed to carry cargo
Verb	1.	bottom - provide with a bottom or a seat; "bottom the chairs" cabinetry, cabinetwork - the craft of making furniture (especially furniture of high quality) furnish, provide, supply, render - give something useful or necessary to; "We provided the room with an electrical heater"
	2.	bottom - strike the ground, as with a ship's bottom collide with, impinge on, hit, run into, strike - hit against; come into sudden contact with; "The car hit a tree"; "He struck the table with his elbow"
	3.	bottom - come to understand fathom, penetrate understand - know and comprehend the nature or meaning of; "She did not understand her husband"; "I understand what she means"
Adj.	1.	bottom - situated at the bottom or lowest position; "the bottom drawer" side - located on a side; "side fences"; "the side porch" top - situated at the top or highest position; "the top shelf"
	2.	bottom - the lowest rank; "bottom member of the class" worst - (superlative of `bad') most wanting in quality or value or condition; "the worst player on the team"; "the worst weather of the year"

bottom

noun

1. lowest part, base, foot, bed, floor, basis, foundation, depths, support, pedestal, deepest part He sat at the bottom of the stairs.
lowest part top, cover, surface, crown, summit, height, peak, lid

2. underside, sole, underneath, lower side the bottom of their shoes

3. end, far end, furthest point, furthest part The cathedral is at the bottom of the street.

4. lowest level, lowest position, least successful part a contract researcher at the bottom of the pay scale

5. buttocks, behind (informal), rear, butt (U.S. & Canad. informal), bum (Brit. slang), ass (U.S. & Canad. taboo slang), buns (U.S. slang), arse (taboo slang), backside, rump, seat, tail (informal), rear end, posterior, derrière (euphemistic), tush (U.S. slang), fundament, jacksy (Brit. slang) She moved her large bottom on the window-seat.

6. basis, base, cause, ground, heart, source, principle, root, origin, core, substance, essence, provenance, derivation, mainspring I have to get to the bottom of this mess.

adjective

lowest, last, base, ground, basement, undermost the bottom drawer of the cupboard
lowest higher, highest, top, uppermost

Translations

bottom [ˈbɒtəm]

A. N

1. [of box, cup, sea, river, garden] → fondo m; [of stairs, page, mountain, tree] → pie m; [of list, class] → último/a m/f; [of foot] → planta f; [of shoe] → suela f; [of chair] → asiento m; [of ship] → quilla f, casco m
at the bottom (of) [+ page, hill, ladder] → al pie(de); [+ road] → al fondo(de)
the bottom has fallen out of the market → el mercado se ha venido abajo
the bottom fell or dropped out of his world → se le vino el mundo abajo
to knock the bottom out of → desfondar
on the bottom (of) (= underside) [+ box, case etc] → en la parte inferior(de), en el fondo(de); [+ shoe] → en la suela(de); [+ sea, lake etc] → en el fondo(de)
to go to the bottom (Naut) → irse a pique
to send a ship to the bottom → hundir un buque
to touch bottom (lit) → tocar fondo (fig) → tocar fondo, llegar al punto más bajo
bottoms up! → ¡salud!
see also false A4

2. (= buttocks) → trasero m

3. (fig) (= deepest part)
at bottom → en el fondo
he's at the bottom of it → él está detrás de esto
to get to the bottom of sth → llegar al fondo de algo
from the bottom of my heart → de todo corazón

4. (also bottoms) [of tracksuit, pyjamas] → pantalón m, parte f de abajo; [of bikini] → braga f, parte f de abajo

B. ADJ (= lowest) → más bajo; (= last) → último
see also dollar

C. CPD bottom drawer N → ajuar m
bottom floor N → planta f baja
bottom gear N (Aut) → primera f (marcha)
bottom half N → parte f de abajo, mitad f inferior
bottom line N (= minimum) → mínimo m aceptable; (= essential point) → lo fundamental
the bottom line is he has to go → a fin de cuentas tenemos que despedirlo
bottom price N → precio m más bajo
bottom step N → primer peldaño m
bottom team N → colista m

bottom out VI + ADV [figures etc] → tocar fondo

bottom [ˈbɒtəm]

[container, sea, lake] → fond m; [garden] → bout m; [stairs, cliff, mountain, hill, tree] → pied m; [screen, page] → bas m
at the bottom of [lake, sea, container] → au fond de; [garden] → au bout de; [stairs, cliff] → au pied de; [screen, page] → au bas de
to get to the bottom of sth (fig) → découvrir le fin fond de qch
at bottom → au fond
to be at the bottom of sth (= the real cause of) → être à l'origine de qch
from the bottom of one's heart → du fond du cœur
bottoms up! → cul sec! >

(in classification) to be bottom of the class [pupil] → être le dernier de la classe
to be bottom of the league [team] → être en dernière place du championnat
to be at the bottom of the table [team] → être dernier au classement
to be at the bottom of the pay scale [employee] → être au bas de l'échelle des salaires
to start at the bottom [young employee] → commencer tout en bas
to work one's way up from the bottom [employee]
He worked his way up from the bottom → Il a gravi un à un les échelons de la réussite.

[chair] → siège m

(= buttocks) → derrière m

[bikini] → bas m
bottoms [tracksuit] → pantalon m

adj [row] → du fond

[drawer, shelf] → du bas

[shelf, corner, club, lip, half] → inférieur(e)
the bottom shelf → l'étagère inférieure
the bottom half of [league, division] → la deuxième moitié de
to be in bottom place → être à la dernière place

[sheet] → du dessous
the bottom sheet → le drap du dessous

bottom out

vi [recession, price] → atteindre son point le plus bas

bottom

(= lowest part, of receptacle, box, glass) → Boden m; (of mountain, pillar, spire, printed character) → Fuß m; (of well, canyon) → Grund m; (of page, screen, wall) → unteres Ende; (of list, road) → Ende nt; (of trousers) → unteres Beinteil; (of dress) → Saum m; the bottom of the league → das Tabellenende, der Tabellenschluss; which end is the bottom? → wo ist unten?; the bottom of the tree/wall etc is … → der Baum/Wand etc ist unten …; at the bottom of the page/list/league/hill/wall/tree etc → unten auf der Seite/Liste/in der Tabelle/am Berg/an der Wand/am Baum etc; at the bottom of the canyon → unten in der Schlucht; at the bottom of the mountain/cliff → am Fuß des Berges/Felsens; to be (at the) bottom of the class → der/die Letzte in der Klasse sein; he’s near the bottom in English → in Englisch gehört er zu den Schlechtesten; at the bottom of the garden → hinten im Garten; at the bottom of the table/road → am unteren Ende des Tisches/am Ende der Straße; bottoms up! → hoch die Tassen (inf); from the bottom of my heart → aus tiefstem Herzen; he took a card from the bottom of the pack → er nahm eine Karte unten aus dem Stapel; at bottom (fig) → im Grunde; the bottom fell out of his world (inf) → für ihn brach alles zusammen; the bottom dropped or fell out of the market → die Marktlage hat einen Tiefstand erreicht

(= underneath, underside) → Unterseite f, → untere Seite; on the bottom of the tin/ashtray → unten an der Dose/am Aschenbecher

(of sea, lake, river) → Grund m, → Boden m; at the bottom of the sea → auf dem Meeresboden or -grund (geh); to send a ship to the bottom → ein Schiff versenken; the ship went to the bottom → das Schiff sank auf den Grund

(of chair) → Sitz m, → Sitzfläche f

(of person) → Hintern m (inf), → Po m (inf); (of trousers etc) → Hosenboden m

(fig, causally) to be at the bottom of something (person) → hinter etw (dat) → stecken; (thing) → einer Sache (dat) → zugrunde or zu Grunde liegen; to get to the bottom of something → einer Sache (dat) → auf den Grund kommen, hinter etw (acc) → kommen; let’s get to the bottom of the matter → wir wollen der Sache auf den Grund gehen

(Naut, of ship) → Boden m; the ship floated bottom up → das Schiff trieb kieloben

(Brit Aut) bottom (gear) → erster Gang; in bottom (gear) → im ersten Gang; we’re still in bottom gear (inf) → wir sind immer noch nicht richtig auf Touren gekommen (inf)

bottoms pl (US: = low land) → Ebene f

tracksuit/pyjama (Brit) or pajama (US) bottoms → Trainings-/Schlafanzughose f; bikini bottom(s) → Bikiniunterteil nt

adj attr (= lower) → untere(r, s); (= lowest) → unterste(r, s); price → niedrigste(r, s); (Fin) → Tiefst-; pupil → schlechteste(r, s); bottom half (of box) → untere Hälfte; (of list, class) → zweite Hälfte

bottom:

bottom drawer

n (Brit) to put something away in one’s bottom → etw für die Aussteuer beiseitelegen

bottom-fermented

adj beer → untergärig

bottomless

adj (lit) → bodenlos; (fig) funds → unerschöpflich; despair → tiefste(r, s); a bottom pit (fig) → ein Fass ohne Boden; she is a bottom pit → sie frisst wie ein Scheunendrescher (inf)

bottom line

(of accounts etc) → Saldo m; if the balance sheet shows a healthy bottom → wenn die Bilanz einen gesunden Saldo aufweist; to keep an eye on the bottom → auf die Profitabilität achten

(fig) that’s the bottom (of it) (= decisive factor) → das ist das Entscheidende (dabei); (= what it amounts to) → darauf läuft es im Endeffekt hinaus

bottom-line

adj attr management, publishing → gewinnorientiert

bottommost

adj → allerunterste(r, s)

bottom-up

adj approach, view, analysis → von unten nach oben

bottom [ˈbɒtəm]

1. n (gen) → fondo; (of mountain, tree) → piedi mpl; (of shoe) → suola; (of chair) → sedile m; (of ship) → opera viva; (of person) → sedere m
at the bottom of (hill, ladder) → ai piedi di (road, list) → in fondo a
at the bottom of the page → in fondo alla pagina, a piè di pagina
to be bottom of the class → essere l'ultimo/a della classe
on the bottom (of) (shoe) → sotto (sea, lake) → sul fondo (di)
the boat floated bottom up → la barca galleggiava capovolta
I fell flat on my bottom → sono caduto battendo il sedere
at bottom → in fondo
from the bottom of my heart → con tutto il cuore, dal profondo del cuore
to get to the bottom of sth (fig) → andare al fondo di or in fondo a qc
he's at the bottom of it (fig) → qui ci dev'essere il suo zampino
bottoms up! (fam) → cin-cin!

2. adj (lowest, shelf, step) → più basso/a, ultimo/a; (corner, part) → inferiore

bottom out vi + adv → assestarsi al livello più basso

bottom [ˈbɒtəm]

2. adj (lowest, shelf, step) → più basso/a, ultimo/a; (corner, part) → inferiore

bottom out vi + adv → assestarsi al livello più basso

bottom

n bottom [ˈbotəm]

1 the lowest part of anything the bottom of the sea. bodem قاع، قَعْر، أسْفَل дъно dno bund der Boden πυθμένας, πάτος fondo põhi ته pohja fond תַּחתִית सबसे नीचे का भाग dno fenék, vminek az alja dasar botn fondo 底 하부 dugnas apakšējā daļa; pamats; dibens dasar bodem bunn dno fundo fund дно dno dno dno botten ส่วนต่ำที่สุด taban, dip 底部 дно; низ پیندا ، نچلا حصہ đáy 底部

2 the part of the body on which a person sits. sitvlak, boude مُؤَخَّرَه، عَجْز задни части zadnice bag; ende der Hintern πισινός trasero, culo istmik نشیمن گاه takapuoli derrière יַשבָן नितंब, चूतड़ stražnjica fenék bokong bakhluti, rass sedere しり (의자의) 바닥, 궁둥이 sėdynė sēžamvieta punggung achterste bakdel, rumpe siedzenie traseiro fund, dos зад zadok zadnjica zadnjica ända, stjärt ก้น kıç, popo 屁股 зад پیٹھ ، چُوٹر mông đít 屁股

adj bottomless

very deep a bottomless pit. bodemloos لا قَعْرَ لَهُ، عَميقٌ جِدّا бездънен bezedný bundløs bodenlos απύθμενος, πολύ βαθύς sin fondo põhjatu بسیار عمیق pohjaton sans fond בִּלְתִי מוּגְבַּל अथाह, अगम bezdan feneketlen sangat dalam botnlaus senza fondo 底なしの 밑바닥이 없는 labai gilus bez dibena; ļoti dziļš sangat dalam bodemloos bunnløs bezdenny sem fundo fără fund бездонный bezodný brez dna koji je bez dna bottenlös ลึกมาก dipsiz, çok derin 無底的 бездонний, безмежний انتہائی گہرا ، اتھاہ ، عمیق ترین không đáy 无底的

be at the bottom of

to be the cause of (usually something bad) Who's at the bottom of these rumours? oorsprong السَّبَبُ في، وَراءَ бивам причина за být příčinou stå bag der Grund βρίσκομαι πίσω από, είμαι η αιτία (συν. για κτ. κακό) estar detrás de algo (millegi) taga seisma اصل و منشاء بودن olla jnk takana être à l'origine de לַעֲמוֹד מַאֲחוֹרֵי किसी खराब चीज का कारण होना biti uzrok vmiért felelős penyebab á bak við, rótin að essere la causa di, essere all'origine di ～の原因である ...의 진짜 원인이다 būti priežastimi būt pamatā; būt par cēloni punca achter... zitten stå bak być sprężyną, stać za, być przyczyną estar por trás de a fi la originea стоять за чем-л. byť príčinou biti vzrok biti uzrok ligga bakom เป็นสาเหตุให้เกิดสิ่งเลวร้าย ...-in gerisinde, aslında 引起 бути справжньою причиною чого کسی چیز کے پیچھے ہونا nguyên nhân sâu xa 引起

get to the bottom of

to discover the explanation or the real facts of (a mystery etc). iets deurgrond يَسْبرُ غَوْرَ، يَكْتَشِفُ حَقيقَةَ الأشْياء разкривам přijít na kloub komme til bunds i einer Sache auf den Grund gehen ερευνώ σε βάθος, εξιχνιάζω llegar al fondo de algo põhjani tungima ته و توی چیزی را درآوردن selvittää pohjia myöten aller jusqu'au fond de לַחֲקוֹר עַד הַיסוֹד असलियत का पता लगाना otkriti uzrok vminek a mélyére hatol menemukan penyebab komast til botns í andare al fondo di ～の真相をきわめる 진상을 규명하다 išsiaiškinti esmę, atskleisti izdibināt selesaikan achter... komen komme til bunns i dotrzeć do sedna espiolhar a da de capăt добраться до сути prísť na koreň priti stvari do dna dokučiti gå till botten med, komma till klarhet med ค้นหาคำอธิบายเกี่ยวกับความจริงบางอย่าง ...-in iç yüzünü öğrenmek 弄清...的真相 дійти до суті справи تہہ تک پہنچنا tìm hiểu ngọn nguồn 弄清...的真相

bottom → أسفل, قاع dno, spodní bund, nederst unterer, Unterseite κατώτατος, πυθμένας fondo, inferior pohja, pohjimmainen fond, inférieur dno, donji fondo, inferiore 底, 底の 바닥, 바닥의 bodem, onderste bunn, underste dno, dolny fundo, inferior нижний, низ botten, lägsta ก้น, ต่ำสุด dip, en alt đáy, thấp nhất 底部, 底部的

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