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Synonyms: cottom, botto, botton, buttom

Antonyms: cottom, botto, botton, buttom

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Noun

1. {{senseid|en|lowest part<!-- Q11812678 -->}} The [[lowest]] part of anything.
2. The [[remote]]st or [[innermost]] part of something.
3. The [[fundamental]] part; a [[basic]] aspect.
4. {{lb|en|now|chiefly|US}} Low-lying land; a [[valley]] or [[hollow]].
5. {{senseid|en|bottomland}} {{lb|en|usually|in the plural}} {{U|Low}}-lying [[land]] near a [[river]] with [[alluvial]] [[soil]].
6. {{senseid|en|Q42165}} {{lb|en|euphemism}} The [[buttock]]s or [[anus]]. {{defdate|1794}}
7. {{senseid|en|bed<!-- Q468469 or Q1429491 -->}} The [[bed]] of a [[body of water]].
8. An [[abyss]].
9. {{lb|en|nautical}} A [[cargo]] vessel, a ship.
10. {{lb|en|nautical}} Certain parts of a vessel, particularly the cargo [[hold]] or the portion of the ship that is always [[underwater]].
11. {{senseid|en|physically receptive sexual partner<!-- Q3080526 -->}} {{lb|en|countable|slang|especially|LGBTQ slang}} A person who has a [[receptive]] role or has a [[preference]] for that role during [[intercourse]].
12. {{lb|en|uncountable|British|slang}} [[character|Character]], [[reliability]], [[staying power]], [[dignity]], [[integrity]] or [[sound]] [[judgment]].

Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive}} To furnish (something) with a bottom. {{defdate|from 16th c.}}
2. {{lb|en|transitive}} To pour spirits into (a glass to be topped up with [[soda water]]).
3. {{lb|en|obsolete}} To [[wind]] (like a ball of thread etc.). {{defdate|17th c.}}
4. {{lb|en|transitive}} To establish or [[found]] (something) ''on'' or ''upon''. {{defdate|from 17th c.}}
5. {{lb|en|transitive|chiefly|in passive}} To lie on the bottom of; to [[underlie]], to lie beneath. {{defdate|from 18th c.}}
6. {{lb|en|obsolete|intransitive}} To be based or grounded. {{defdate|17th–19th c.}}
7. {{lb|en|mechanics|intransitive}} To reach or strike against the bottom of something, so as to impede free action. {{defdate|from 19th c.}}
8. {{lb|en|transitive}} To reach the bottom of something.
9. To [[fall]] to the [[lowest]] point. {{defdate|from 19th c.}}
10. {{lb|en|BDSM|intransitive|dated}} To be the [[submissive]] partner in a [[BDSM]] relationship. {{defdate|from 20th c.}}
11. {{lb|en|intransitive|especially|LGBT slang}} To take on the [[receptive]] role during [[intercourse]]. {{defdate|from 20th c.}}

Adjective

1. The [[lowest]] or [[last]] [[place]] or [[position]].
2. {{lb|en|transgender}} Relating to the [[genitals]].

Proper noun

1. {{surname|en}}.

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