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English Vietnamese dictionary

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Advanced English dictionary

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noun, adjective, verb
+ noun
lowest part
1 [C, usually sing.] ~ (of sth) the lowest part of sth: Footnotes are given at the bottom of each page. + The wind blew through gaps at the top and bottom of the door. + I waited for them at the bottom of the hill. + The book I want is right at the bottom (= of the pile). + farmers who lived in the valley bottoms
2 [C, usually sing.] ~ (of sth) the part of sth that faces downwards and is not usually seen: The manufacturer's name is on the bottom of the plate.
of container
3 [C, usually sing.] ~ (of sth) the lowest surface on the inside of a container: I found some French coins at the bottom of my bag. + Allow the tea leaves to settle to the bottom of the cup.
of river / pool
4 [sing.] the ground below the water in a lake, river, swimming pool, etc: He dived in and hit his head on the bottom. + I feel safe as long as I can touch the bottom.
end of sth
5 the ~ (of sth) [sing.] (especially BrE) the part of sth that is furthest from you, your house, etc: I went to the school at the bottom of our street. + There was a stream at the bottom of the garden.
lowest position
6 ~ (of sth) [sing.] the lowest position in a class, on a list, etc.; a person, team, etc. that is in this position: a battle between the teams at the bottom of the league + You have to be prepared to start at the bottom and work your way up. + I was always bottom of the class in math.
part of body
7 [C] (especially BrE) the part of the body that you sit on: I'll smack your bottom if you do that again!
Synonym: BACKSIDE, BEHIND
clothing
8 [C, usually pl.] the lower part of a set of clothes that consists of two pieces: a bikini bottom + a pair of pyjama / tracksuit bottoms
of ship
9 [C] the lower part of a ship that is below the surface of the water
Synonym: HULL
-bottomed
10 (in adjectives) having the type of bottom mentioned: a flat-bottomed boat
See also - ROCK-BOTTOM
Idioms: at bottom used to say what sb/sth is really like: Their offer to help was at bottom self-centred.
be / lie at the bottom of sth to be the original cause of sth, especially sth unpleasant: We need to find out what lies at the bottom of these fears.
the bottom drops / falls out (of sth) people stop buying or using the products of a particular industry: The bottom has fallen out of the travel market.
bottoms up! (spoken) used to express good wishes when drinking alcohol, or to tell sb to finish their drink
get to the bottom of sth to find out the real cause of sth, especially sth unpleasant: I won't rest until I've got to the bottom of this!
more at HEAP n., HEART, PILE n., SCRAPE v., TOP n., TOUCH v.
+ adjective [only before noun] in the lowest, last or furthest place or position: the bottom line (on a page) + your bottom lip + the bottom step (of a flight of stairs) + on the bottom shelf + Put your clothes in the bottom drawer. + Their house is at the bottom end of Bury Road (= the end furthest from where you enter the road). + Sign in the bottom right-hand corner of the page. + the bottom end of the price range + to go up a hill in bottom gear
Idioms see BET v.
verb
Phrasal Verbs: bottom out (of prices, a bad situation, etc.) to stop getting worse: The recession is finally beginning to show signs of bottoming out.

Thesaurus dictionary

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n.

1 seat, buttocks, rear, behind, rear end, derrière, rump, posterior, hindquarters, breech, fundament, gluteus maximus, Colloq backside, butt, prat, Brit bum, US can, duff, keister or keester, hinie; Taboo Brit arse, US ass; Slang US tokus or tochis or tuchis, tushie or tushy or tush:

He just sits there on his bottom, never doing a bit of work.

2 base, foot, foundation, groundwork, substructure, footing, underpinning, fundament:

A ditch was dug along the bottom of the wall.

3 basis, foundation, source, origin, cause, heart, nub:

We have to get to the bottom of the problem.

4 depths, Davy Jones's locker; bed:

The ship sank to the bottom of the sea.

5 at bottom. basically, fundamentally, in the final or last analysis, really, in reality, truly, in truth, essentially:

Despite her behaviour at the party, at bottom she is very reserved.

6 Bottoms up! Prosit!, To your (very good) health!, Cheers!, Here's to -!, Skol!:

Here's to the whole team - Bottoms up!

Collocation dictionary

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¹ lowest part of sth

ADJ.

false

a case with a false bottom

VERB + BOTTOM

arrive at, fall to, get to, reach, sink to

He reached the bottom of the steps in no time. The boat sank to the bottom of the sea.

| touch

She could only just touch the bottom (= of a swimming pool, etc.).

BOTTOM + NOUN

end, half

PREP.

along the ~

We rode along the bottom of the valley.

| at the ~

at the bottom of the hill

| from the ~

strange sounds from the bottom of the well

| in the ~

in the bottom of my bag

| on the ~

on the bottom of the box

| near/towards the ~

near the bottom of the page

² least important position

VERB + BOTTOM

start at, work up from

He started at the bottom and worked his way up through the company.

PREP.

at the ~, near/towards the ~

He's near the bottom of the class.

³ part of the body

ADJ.

bare

VERB + BOTTOM

smack

⁴ basic cause of sth/truth about sth

VERB + BOTTOM

be at, lie at

I'd love to know what lies at the bottom of all this.

| get to

The only way to get to the bottom of it is to confront the chairman.

Concise English dictionary

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bottoms|bottomed|bottoming'bɒtəm
noun
+the lower side of anything
+the lowest part of anything
+the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
+the second half of an inning; while the home team is at bat
+a depression forming the ground under a body of water
+low-lying alluvial land near a river
+a cargo ship
verb
+provide with a bottom or a seat
+strike the ground, as with a ship's bottom
+come to understand
adj.
+situated at the bottom or lowest position
+the lowest rank

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