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 | ||