Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having a bottom (of the particular kind indicated in composition): as. flat-bottomed; broad-bottomed; a full-bottomed wig.
- Underlaid; furnished with a bottom or foundation: as, bottomed by clay.
- Based; grounded: as, a well-bottomed character.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having at the bottom, or as a bottom; resting upon a bottom; grounded; -- mostly, in composition.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective in combination Having some
specific type ofbottom - verb Simple past tense and past participle of
bottom .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having a bottom of a specified character
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Examples
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One sign that the big banks would like us to believe housing has bottomed is the sudden jog up in mortgage rates.
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For stir-frying, a thin bottomed skillet – she mentions nothing about cast iron, but that is what I would use, and she gives very complete directions on how to improvise a servicable steamer.
Tigers & Strawberries » The Chinese Cookbook Project III: With an Open Mind and an Open Mouth 2005
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On what linguistic structure is this coinage bottomed?
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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On what linguistic structure is this coinage bottomed?
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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On what linguistic structure is this coinage bottomed?
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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On what linguistic structure is this coinage bottomed?
No Uncertain Terms William Safire 2003
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AA would say: They haven't "bottomed," won't recover from their disease till a disaster hits, with another market meltdown and the "Great Depression 2."
Danny Schechter: Will Christmas Shopping Save US? Don't Bet On It Danny Schechter 2010
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AA would say: They haven't "bottomed," won't recover from their disease till a disaster hits, with another market meltdown and the "Great Depression 2."
Danny Schechter: Will Christmas Shopping Save US? Don't Bet On It Danny Schechter 2010
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AA would say: They haven't "bottomed," won't recover from their disease till a disaster hits, with another market meltdown and the "Great Depression 2."
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To get a more detailed sense of how that one "bottomed," click through to the last slide, which overlays our current bear market on top of the three nastiest ones in the last century.
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