bottom meaning
EN
[ˈbɒtəm] [ˈbɑtəm] [ˈbɑɾəm] 
US WBottom
- Bottom may refer to:
- NounPLbottoms
- The lowest part from the uppermost part, in either of these senses.
- barrels with the bottom knocked out
- (uncountable, Britain, slang) Character, reliability, staying power, dignity, integrity or sound judgment.
- lack bottom
- (Britain, US) A valley, often used in place names.
- Where shall we go for a walk? How about Ashcombe Bottom?
- (euphemistic) The buttocks or anus.
- (nautical) A cargo vessel, a ship.
- (nautical) Certain parts of a vessel, particularly the cargo hold or the portion of the ship that is always underwater.
- (baseball) The second half of an inning, the home team's turn to bat.
- (BDSM) A submissive in sadomasochistic sexual activity.
- (LGBT, slang) A man penetrated or with a preference for being penetrated during homosexual intercourse.
- (physics) A bottom quark.
- (often figuratively) The lowest part of a container.
- In Ireland, where 14.5% of the population are jobless, emigration has climbed steadily since 2008, when Lehman Brothers collapsed and the bottom fell out of the Irish housing market. In the 12 months to April this year, 40,200 Irish passport-holders left, up from 27,700 the previous year, according to the central statistics office. Irish nationals were by far the largest constituent group among emigrants, at almost 53%.
- A ball or skein of thread; a cocoon.
- The bed of a body of water, as of a river, lake, or sea.
- An abyss.
- (obsolete) Power of endurance.
- a horse of a good bottom
- (obsolete) Dregs or grounds; lees; sediment.
- The lowest part from the uppermost part, in either of these senses.
- VerbSGbottomsPRbottomingPT, PPbottomed
- To fall to the lowest point.
- To establish firmly; to found or justify on or upon something; to set on a firm footing; to set or rest on or upon something which provides support or authority.
- (intransitive) To rest, as upon an ultimate support; to be based or grounded.
- (intransitive) 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.
- (obsolete, transitive) To wind round something, as in making a ball of thread.
- (transitive) To furnish with a bottom.
- to bottom a chair
- To be the submissive in a BDSM relationship or roleplay.
- To be anally penetrated in gay sex.
- To fall to the lowest point.
- Adjective
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- When we get to the bottom of the rapids, draw right to avoid the sweepers.
- However, silicone rubber casts from the bottom of the mould reveal lateral connections between the septa indicating a parathecal wall (Fig 5A and 5B).
- I don't know what's going on here, but I'll get to the bottom of it sooner or later.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of bottom in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Adjectives
- Uncomparable adjectives
- Uncomparable adjectives
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
- Singularia tantum
- Uncountable nouns
- Uncountable nouns
- Countable nouns
- Verbs
- Intransitive verbs
- Transitive verbs
- Intransitive verbs
- Adjectives
- en bottomless
- en bottom-up
- en bottoms
- en bottomy
- en bottome
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "bottom" is an adjective, more specifically, an uncomparable adjective. It's also a noun, more specifically, a countable noun and a singularia tantum. It's also a verb, more specifically, an intransitive verb and a transitive verb.