Bottom

Spanish Meaning

English Meaning

1. The deepest or lowest part: the bottom of a well; the bottom of the page.
2. The part closest to a reference point: was positioned at the bottom of the key for a rebound.
3. The underside: scraped the bottom of the car on a rock.
4. The supporting part; the base.
5. The far end or part: at the bottom of the bed.
6. The last place, as on a list.
7. The lowest or least favorable position: started at the bottom of the corporate hierarchy.
8. The basic underlying quality; the source: Let's get to the bottom of the problem.
9. The solid surface under a body of water.
10. Low-lying alluvial land adjacent to a river. Often used in the plural. Also called bottomland.
11. Nautical The part of a ship's hull below the water line.
12. A ship; a boat: "English merchants did much of their overseas trade in foreign bottoms” ( G.M. Trevelyan).
13. The trousers or short pants of pajamas. Often used in the plural.
14. Informal The buttocks.
15. The seat of a chair.
16. Baseball The second or last half of an inning.
17. Staying power; stamina. Used of a horse.
18. To provide with an underside.
19. To provide with a foundation.
20. To get to the bottom of; fathom.
21. To be or become based or grounded.
22. To rest on or touch the bottom.
23. bottom out To descend to the lowest point possible, after which only a rise may occur: Sales of personal computers have bottomed out.
24. at bottom Basically.