bottom
1. the lower side of anything (Freq. 9)
• Syn:
underside, undersurface
• Hypernyms:
side, face
• Hyponyms:
base, bilge, heel, sole, underbelly
2. the lowest part of anything (Freq. 5)
- they started at the bottom of the hill
• Hypernyms:
region, part
• Hyponyms:
foot, base, rock bottom
3. the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on (Freq. 2)
- he deserves a good kick in the butt
- are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?
• Syn:
buttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside,
bum, buns, can, fundament, hindquarters, hind end,
keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump,
stern, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush,
behind, derriere, fanny, ass
• Derivationally related forms:
posterior (for: posterior)
• Hypernyms:
body part
• Part Holonyms:
torso, trunk, body
4. the second half of an inning;
while the home team is at bat (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
bottom of the inning
• Ant:
top
• Hypernyms:
turn, bout, round
• Part Holonyms:
inning, frame
5. a depression forming the ground under a body of water (Freq. 1)
- he searched for treasure on the ocean bed
• Syn:
bed
• Hypernyms:
natural depression, depression
• Hyponyms:
lake bed, lake bottom, ocean floor, sea floor, ocean bottom,
seabed, sea bottom, Davy Jones's locker, Davy Jones, riverbed, river bottom,
streambed, creek bed
6. low-lying alluvial land near a river
• Syn:
bottomland
• Hypernyms:
land, ground, soil
7. a cargo ship
- they did much of their overseas trade in foreign bottoms
• Syn:
freighter, merchantman, merchant ship
• Derivationally related forms:
freight (for: freighter)
• Hypernyms:
cargo ship, cargo vessel
1. provide with a bottom or a seat
- bottom the chairs
• Topics:
cabinetwork, cabinetry
• Hypernyms:
supply, provide, render, furnish
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
2. strike the ground, as with a ship's bottom
• Hypernyms:
hit, strike, impinge on, run into, collide with
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
3. come to understand
• Syn:
penetrate, fathom
• Derivationally related forms:
penetrative (for: penetrate), penetration (for: penetrate)
• Hypernyms:
understand
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
1. situated at the bottom or lowest position
- the bottom drawer
• Ant:
side, top
• Similar to:
bottommost, lowermost, nethermost, inferior, nether
2. the lowest rank
- bottom member of the class
• Similar to:
worst
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