BOTTOM
\bˈɒtəm], \bˈɒtəm], \b_ˈɒ_t_ə_m]\
Definitions of BOTTOM
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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provide with a bottom or a seat, as of chairs
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a cargo ship; "they did much of their overseas trade in foreign bottoms"
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the lower side of anything
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the lowest part of anything; "they started at the bottom of the hill"
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low-lying alluvial land near a river
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the second half of an inning; while the home team is at bat
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strike the ground, as with a ship's bottom
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situated at the bottom or lowest position; "the bottom drawer"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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a cargo ship; "they did much of their overseas trade in foreign bottoms"
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the lower side of anything
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the lowest part of anything; "they started at the bottom of the hill"
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low-lying alluvial land near a river
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the second half of an inning; while the home team is at bat
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strike the ground, as with a ship's bottom
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situated at the bottom or lowest position; "the bottom drawer"
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provide with a bottom or a seat; "bottom the chairs"
By Princeton University
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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.
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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.
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That upon which anything rests or is founded, in a literal or a figurative sense; foundation; groundwork.
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The bed of a body of water, as of a river, lake, sea.
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The fundament; the buttocks.
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An abyss.
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Low land formed by alluvial deposits along a river; low-lying ground; a dale; a valley.
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Power of endurance; as, a horse of a good bottom.
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Dregs or grounds; lees; sediment.
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Of or pertaining to the bottom; fundamental; lowest; under; as, bottom rock; the bottom board of a wagon box; bottom prices.
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To furnish with a bottom; as, to bottom a chair.
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To reach or get to the bottom of.
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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.
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A ball or skein of thread; a cocoon.
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To wind round something, as in making a ball of thread.
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To found or build upon; to fix upon as a support; - followed by on or upon.
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To rest, as upon an ultimate support; to be based or grounded; - usually with on or upon.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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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.
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That upon which anything rests or is founded, in a literal or a figurative sense; foundation; groundwork.
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The bed of a body of water, as of a river, lake, sea.
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The fundament; the buttocks.
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An abyss.
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Low land formed by alluvial deposits along a river; low-lying ground; a dale; a valley.
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Power of endurance; as, a horse of a good bottom.
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Dregs or grounds; lees; sediment.
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Of or pertaining to the bottom; fundamental; lowest; under; as, bottom rock; the bottom board of a wagon box; bottom prices.
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To furnish with a bottom; as, to bottom a chair.
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To reach or get to the bottom of.
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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.
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A ball or skein of thread; a cocoon.
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To wind round something, as in making a ball of thread.
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To found or build upon; to fix upon as a support; - followed by on or upon.
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To rest, as upon an ultimate support; to be based or grounded; - usually with on or upon.
By Noah Webster.
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An abyss.
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To base or found (upon); fathom; rest; touch bottom.
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Lowest; fundamental; basal.
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The lowest part of anything; base; support; root; dregs.
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The ground beneath or low land near a body of water.
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The part of a vessel below the water-line; hence, a vessel.
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Endurance; stamina; grit.
By James Champlin Fernald
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The deepest part of anything; the base; foundation; root; the ground under any body of water; the seat of a chair; low land; power to endure; the part of a vessel below the waterling; hence, a ship.
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Lowest; undermost.
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To found or build upon; furnish with a foundation.
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Bottomless.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Bottomless.
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The lowest part of anything: that on which anything rests or is founded: low land, as in a valley: the keel of a ship, hence the vessel itself.
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To found or rest upon.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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n. [Anglo-Saxon] The lowest part of any thing:—that upon which a thing rests or is founded; foundation; base;—low land formed by alluvial deposits along a river; a dale; a valley;—the keel of a vessel, and hence, the vessel itself;—power of endurance; stamina;—dregs or grounds.
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The lowest part of any thing; the ground under the water; the foundation, the ground-work; a dale, a valley; the deepest part; bound, limit; the utmost of any man's capacity; the last resort; a vessel for navigation; a chance, or security; a ball of thread wound up together.
By Thomas Sheridan