bottom
/ˈbɑ.təm/ verb C2- To furnish (something) with a bottom. · to bottom a chair
- To pour spirits into (a glass to be topped up with soda water).
- To establish or found (something) on or upon.
- To lie on the bottom of; to underlie, to lie beneath.
- To reach or strike against the bottom of something, so as to impede free action.
- To reach the bottom of something.
- To fall to the lowest point.
- To be the submissive partner in a BDSM relationship.
He/she/it bottoms · Past bottomed · Past participle bottomed · -ing form bottoming
Verb forms
- Base form
- bottom
- He/she/it
- bottoms
- Past
- bottomed
- Past participle
- bottomed
- -ing form
- bottoming
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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Before them was a great stretch of country having a floor as smooth and shining and white as the bottom of a big platter.
The four travelers passed through the rest of the forest in safety, and when they came out from its gloom saw before them a steep hill, covered from top to bottom with great pieces of rock.
As they reached the bottom of the stairs he had seen Mrs.
Just as she reached the bottom of the stair Mr.
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