English adjective: bottom | |||
1. | bottom situated at the bottom or lowest position | ||
Samples | The bottom drawer. | ||
Similar | bottommost, inferior, lowermost, nether, nethermost | ||
Antonyms | side, top | ||
2. | bottom the lowest rank | ||
Samples | Bottom member of the class. | ||
Similar | worst | ||
Antonyms | best | ||
English noun: bottom | |||
1. | bottom (location) the lower side of anything | ||
Synonyms | underside, undersurface | ||
Broader (hypernym) | face, side | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | base, bilge, heel, sole, underbelly | ||
2. | bottom (location) the lowest part of anything | ||
Samples | They started at the bottom of the hill. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | part, region | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | base, foot, rock bottom | ||
3. | bottom (body) the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on | ||
Samples | He deserves a good kick in the butt. Are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?. | ||
Synonyms | arse, ass, backside, behind, bum, buns, butt, buttocks, can, derriere, fanny, fundament, hind end, hindquarters, keister, nates, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, seat, stern, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush | ||
Broader (hypernym) | body part | ||
Part meronym | body, torso, trunk | ||
4. | bottom (time) the second half of an inning; while the home team is at bat | ||
Synonyms | bottom of the inning | ||
Broader (hypernym) | bout, round, turn | ||
Part meronym | frame, inning | ||
Antonyms | top of the inning, top | ||
5. | bottom (object) a depression forming the ground under a body of water | ||
Samples | He searched for treasure on the ocean bed. | ||
Synonyms | bed | ||
Broader (hypernym) | depression, natural depression | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | creek bed, Davy Jones, Davy Jones's locker, lake bed, lake bottom, ocean bottom, ocean floor, river bottom, riverbed, sea bottom, sea floor, seabed, streambed | ||
6. | bottom (object) low-lying alluvial land near a river | ||
Synonyms | bottomland | ||
Broader (hypernym) | ground, land, soil | ||
7. | bottom (artifact) a cargo ship | ||
Samples | They did much of their overseas trade in foreign bottoms. | ||
Synonyms | freighter, merchant ship, merchantman | ||
Broader (hypernym) | cargo ship, cargo vessel | ||
English verb: bottom | |||
1. | bottom (possession) provide with a bottom or a seat | ||
Samples | Bottom the chairs. | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | furnish, provide, render, supply | ||
Domain category | cabinetry, cabinetwork | ||
2. | bottom (contact) strike the ground, as with a ship's bottom | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
Broader (hypernym) | collide with, hit, impinge on, run into, strike | ||
3. | bottom (cognition) come to understand | ||
Synonyms | fathom, penetrate | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | ||
Broader (hypernym) | understand | ||