bottom

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: bottom

1	n adj v	the lower side of anything situated at the bottom or lowest position provide with a bottom or a seat
2	n	the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
3	n	the second half of an inning; while the home team is at bat
4	n	a cargo ship
5	v	come to understand

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: bottom

Types:: show 15 types...; hide 15 types...; base
a flat bottom on which something is intended to sit; bilge
where the sides of the vessel curve in to form the bottom; heel
the bottom of a shoe or boot; the back part of a shoe or boot that touches the ground and provides elevation; sole
the underside of footwear or a golf club; underbelly
lower side; bilges
in a vessel with two hulls, an enclosed area between the frames at each side; Cuban heel
a broad heel of medium height on women's shoes; French heel
a fairly high narrow heel on women's shoes; half sole
shoe sole extending from the shank to the toe; innersole, insole
the inner sole of a shoe or boot where the foot rests; outsole
the outer sole of a shoe or boot that is the bottom of the shoe and makes contact with the ground; spike, spike heel, stiletto heel
a very high narrow heel on women's shoes; stacked heel
a heel made of many layers of leather; wedge, wedge heel
a heel that is an extension of the sole of the shoe; wineglass heel
a heel on a woman's shoe in the shape of a wineglass

“they started at the bottom of the hill”

Types:: foot
the lower part of anything; base
(anatomy) the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment; rock bottom
the absolute bottom

Types:: show 10 types...; hide 10 types...; lake bed, lake bottom
the bottom of a lake; Davy Jones, Davy Jones's locker, ocean bottom, ocean floor, sea bottom, sea floor, seabed
the bottom of a sea or ocean; river bottom, riverbed
a channel occupied (or formerly occupied) by a river; creek bed, streambed
a channel occupied (or formerly occupied) by a stream; abyssal zone
the deep sea (2000 meters or more) where there is no light; continental shelf
the relatively shallow (up to 200 meters) seabed surrounding a continent; bathyal district, bathyal zone, continental slope
the steep descent of the seabed from the continental shelf to the abyssal zone; neritic zone
the ocean waters from the low tide mark to a depth of about 100 fathoms; twilight zone
the lowest level of the ocean to which light can reach; dry wash, wash
the dry bed of an intermittent stream (as at the bottom of a canyon)

Type of:: depression, natural depression
a sunken or depressed geological formation

Type of:: ground, land, soil
material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use)

“the bottom drawer”

Synonyms: bottommost, lowermost, nethermost
farthest down; inferior
lower than a given reference point; nether
lower

Antonyms:: top
situated at the top or highest position; side
located on a side; best
(superlative of `good') having the most positive qualities; high
(literal meaning) being at or having a relatively great or specific elevation or upward extension (sometimes used in combinations like `knee-high'); apical
situated at an apex; crowning
forming or providing a crown or summit; topmost, upmost, uppermost
at or nearest to the top; upper
the topmost one of two; broadside
toward a full side; lateral, sidelong
situated at or extending to the side; show more antonyms...

“bottom member of the class”

Synonyms: worst
(superlative of `bad') most wanting in quality or value or condition

“bottom the chairs”

Type of:: furnish, provide, render, supply
give something useful or necessary to

Type of:: collide with, hit, impinge on, run into, strike
hit against; come into sudden contact with

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

Antonyms:: top, top of the inning
the first half of an inning; while the visiting team is at bat

Type of:: bout, round, turn
(sports) a division during which one team is on the offensive

“they did much of their overseas trade in foreign bottoms”

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