situated at the bottom or lowest position; the bottom drawer'

the lower side of anything

[ Syn: underside , undersurface ]

the lowest part of anything; they started at the bottom of the hill'

the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; 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 ]

the second half of an inning; while the home team is at bat

[ Syn: bottom of the inning ]

a depression forming the ground under a body of water; he searched for treasure on the ocean bed

[ Syn: bed ]

low-lying alluvial land near a river

[ Syn: bottomland ]

a cargo ship; they did much of their overseas trade in foreign bottoms

[ Syn: freighter , merchantman , merchant ship ]

the lowest rank; bottom member of the class'

provide with a bottom or a seat; bottom the chairs'

strike the ground, as with a ship's bottom

come to understand

[ Syn: penetrate , fathom ]