1. the lowest or deepest part of anything, as distinguished from the top: the bottom of a hill;the bottom of a page;the tea leaves at the bottom of my cup.
2. the under or lower side; underside: The sell-by date is printed on the bottom of the package.
3. the ground under any body of water: The study sent a camera to the bottom of the sea.
4. low alluvial land next to a river.
5. the buttocks; rump.
6. the seat of a chair: Don't sit in that one, the bottom is broken.
7. the fundamental part; basic aspect.
8. the cause; origin; basis: Try getting to the bottom of the problem.
9. lowest limit, especially of dignity, status, or rank: When people sink that low, they're bound to reach the bottom soon.
10. the bottom part of a two-piece article of clothing, such as a bathing suit or a pair of pajamas.
11. Baseball.
• the second half of an inning.
• the last three players in the batting order.
12. Nautical.
• the part of a hull between the bilges, including the keel.
• the part of a hull that is immersed at all times.
• the cargo space in a vessel.
• a cargo vessel.
13. the working part of a plow, comprising the plowshare, landside, and moldboard.
14. Slang.
• (in the LGBTQ community) a person who prefers to take or is currently taking a receptive role in a particular sexual act, especially in anal intercourse.
• (especially in BDSM) a person who prefers to take or is currently taking a submissive role in a sexual relationship.
15. the heaviest, least volatile fraction of petroleum, left behind in distillation after more volatile fractions are driven off.

16. to furnish with an under or lowest side: The oven needed to be bottomed before it could be used.
17. to base or found (usually followed by on or upon): A defense must be bottomed on reliable evidence.
18. to discover the full meaning of (something); fathom.
19. to bring (a submarine) to rest on the ocean floor: They had to bottom the sub until the enemy cruisers had passed by.

20. to be based; rest.
21. to strike against the bottom or end; reach the bottom.
22. (of an automotive vehicle) to sink vertically, as when bouncing after passing over a bump, so that the suspension reaches the lower limit of its motion: The car bottomed too easily on the bumpy road.
23. Slang.
• (in the LGBTQ community) to take a receptive role in a particular sexual act, especially in anal intercourse.
• (especially in BDSM) to take a submissive role in a sexual relationship or encounter.

24. of or relating to the bottom or a bottom.
25. located on or at the lowest part or side: I want the bottom book in the stack.
26. lowest: They sold off the last of the stock at bottom prices.
27. living near or on the bottom: A flounder is a bottom fish.
28. fundamental: The bottom cause of the issue is a lack of funding.

29. to reach the lowest state or level: The declining securities market finally bottomed out and began to rise.

30. in reality; fundamentally: They knew at bottom that they were only deceiving themselves.
31. bet one's bottom dollar,
• to wager the last of one's money or resources.
• to be positive or assured: You can bet your bottom dollar that something will prevent us from leaving on time.
32. (used as an interjection to announce or urge the downing of one's drink).
33. to fall into the worst of all possible circumstances: After all those years of flying high, she finally hit bottom.When the housing market crashed, it really hit bottom, leaving people with houses worth less than their mortgages.

1. the lowest, deepest, or farthest removed part of a thing
2. the least important or successful position
3. the ground underneath a sea, lake, or river
4. to run aground
5. the inner depths of a person's true feelings (esp in the phrase from the bottom of one's heart)
6. the underneath part of a thing
7. the parts of a vessel's hull that are under water
8. (in literary or commercial contexts) a boat or ship
9. a strike in the centre of the cue ball
10. a dry valley or hollow
11. the low land bordering a river
12. the lowest level worked in a mine
13. (esp of horses) staying power; stamina
14. importance, seriousness, or influence
15. the buttocks
16. in reality; basically or despite appearances to the contrary
17. to be the ultimate cause of
18. to discover the real truth about
19. to destroy or eliminate

20. lowest or last
21. to be absolutely sure of (one's opinion, a person, project, etc)
22. of, relating to, or situated at the bottom or a bottom
23. fundamental; basic

24. to provide (a chair, etc) with a bottom or seat
25. to discover the full facts or truth of; fathom
26. to base or be founded (on an idea, etc)
27. to strike the ground beneath the water with a vessel's bottom
28. Australian mining
• to mine (a hole, claim, etc) deep enough to reach any gold there is
• to reach (gold, mud, etc) on bottoming
29. to saturate a transistor so that further increase of input produces no change in output

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