Etymology : Middle English botme, from Old English botm; akin to Old High German bodam bottom, Latin fundus, Greek pythmEn
Pronunciation : bä-t&m
Function : noun
Date : before 12th century
1. base, foot; buttocks; seat of a chair. establish; construct; base, provide a foundation. lower, under. bottom\bot"tom\ (b&obreve;t"tŭm), n. [oe. botum, botme, as. botm; akin to os. bodom, d. bodem, ohg. podam, g. boden, icel. botn, sw. botten, dan. bund (for budn), l. fundus (for fudnus), gr. pyqmh`n (for fyqmh`n), skr. budhna (for bhudhna), and ir. bonn sole of the foot, w. bon stem, base. ?257. cf. 4th found, fund, n.].
2. 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. or dive into the bottom of the deep.
3. 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. barrels with the bottom knocked out. no two chairs were alike; such high backs and low backs and leather bottoms and worsted bottoms. irving.
4. that upon which anything rests or is founded, in a literal or a figurative sense; foundation; groundwork.
5. the bed of a body of water, as of a river, lake, sea.
6. the fundament; the buttocks.
7. an abyss. [obs.].
8. low land formed by alluvial deposits along a river; low-lying ground; a dale; a valley. "the bottoms and the high grounds.".
9. (naut.) the part of a ship which is ordinarily under water; hence, the vessel itself; a ship. my ventures are not in one bottom trusted. not to sell the teas, but to return them to london in the same bottoms in which they were shipped.
10. 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.
11. 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.
12. That upon which anything rests or is founded, in a literal or a figurative sense; foundation; groundwork.
13. The bed of a body of water, as of a river, lake, sea.
14. The fundament; the buttocks.
15. An abyss.
16. Low land formed by alluvial deposits along a river; low-lying ground; a dale; a valley.
17. The part of a ship which is ordinarily under water; hence, the vessel itself; a ship.
18. Power of endurance; as, a horse of a good bottom.
19. Dregs or grounds; lees; sediment.
20. Of or pertaining to the bottom; fundamental; lowest; under; as, bottom rock; the bottom board of a wagon box; bottom prices.
21. To found or build upon; to fix upon as a support; followed by on or upon.
22. To furnish with a bottom; as, to bottom a chair.
23. To reach or get to the bottom of.
24. To rest, as upon an ultimate support; to be based or grounded; usually with on or upon.
25. 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.
26. A ball or skein of thread; a cocoon.
27. To wind round something, as in making a ball of thread. a cargo ship; "they did much of their overseas trade in foreign bottoms" the lower side of anything the lowest part of anything; "they started at the bottom of the hill" the second half of an inning; while the home team is at bat strike the ground, as with a ship's bottom provide with a bottom or a seat; "bottom the chairs" the lowest rank; "bottom member of the class" at the bottom; lowest or last; "the bottom price".
28. 1. The bottom of something is the lowest or deepest part of it. He sat at the bottom of the stairs Answers can be found at the bottom of page.
29. the bottom of the sea. ¡Ù top.
30. The bottom thing or layer in a series of things or layers is the lowest one. There's an extra duvet in the bottom drawer of the cupboard. ¡Ù top.
31. The bottom of an object is the flat surface at its lowest point. You can also refer to the inside or outside of this surface as the bottom. Spread the onion slices on the bottom of the dish. the bottom of their shoes. a suitcase with a false bottom. = base.
32. If you say that the bottom has dropped or fallen out of a market or industry, you mean that people have stopped buying the products it sells. The bottom had fallen out of the city's property market.
33. The bottom of a street or garden is the end farthest away from you or from your house. the Cathedral at the bottom of the street. = end.
34. The bottom of a table is the end farthest away from where you are sitting. The bottom of a bed is the end where you usually rest your feet. Malone sat down on the bottom of the bed. = end.
35. The bottom of an organization or career structure is the lowest level in it, where new employees often start. He had worked in the theatre for many years, starting at the bottom. a contract researcher at the bottom of the pay scale. ¡Ù top.
36. If someone is bottom or at the bottom in a survey, test, or league their performance is worse than that of all the other people involved. He was always bottom of the class The team is close to bottom of the League. ¡Ù top.
37. Your bottom is the part of your body that you sit on. If there was one thing she could change about her body it would be her bottom.
38. The lower part of a bikini, tracksuit, or pair of pyjamas can be referred to as the bottoms or the bottom. She wore blue tracksuit bottoms. a skimpy bikini bottom. ¡Ù top see also:
-bottomed, rock bottom.
39. emphasis You use at bottom to emphasize that you are stating what you think is the real nature of something or the real truth about a situation. The two systems are, at bottom, conceptual models At bottom, such an attitude is born not of concern for your welfare, but out of fear of losing you.
40. If something is at the bottom of a problem or unpleasant situation, it is the real cause of it. Often I find that anger and resentment are at the bottom of the problem.
41. emphasis You can say that you mean something from the bottom of your heart to emphasize that you mean it very sincerely. I'm happy, and I mean that from the bottom of my heart I want to thank everyone from the bottom of my heart.
42. If you want to get to the bottom of a problem, you want to solve it by finding out its real cause. I have to get to the bottom of this mess.
43. to scrape the bottom of the barrel: see:
barrel. a humorous character who is changed into a donkey in Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream.
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