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# bottom

noun (bottom, bottoms); adjective (bottom)

«bottom» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. The bottom is the lowest part of something. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bottom/#m1)
2. The bottom is the ground under water, like the bottom of the sea. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bottom/#m2)
3. Your bottom is the part of your body you sit on. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bottom/#m3)
4. The bottom of a list or a class is the last place. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bottom/#m4)
5. The bottom of something can also be the real cause or source hidden behind it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bottom/#m5)

### In the lessons

the lowest place, row or shelf; sometimes the base of a shape; phrases «at the bottom», «from top to bottom», «bottom line», «bottoms up», «get to the bottom of» (find the real cause)

### Examples

- The bottom shelf holds 15 books. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bottom/#x1)
- He climbs from the bottom to the top of 40 steps. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bottom/#x2)
- The bottom row has 9 cans. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bottom/#x3)
- The fish swims at the bottom of the tank. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bottom/#x4)
- Write your name at the bottom of the page. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bottom/#x5)
- We cleaned the house from top to bottom. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bottom/#x6)
- The detective got to the bottom of the mystery. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bottom/#x7)
- The baby fell on her bottom. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bottom/#x8)
- A stone sank to the bottom of the pond. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bottom/#x9)
- Our team was at the bottom of the table. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bottom/#x10)
- There must be a Princess at the bottom of this.’ [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bottom/#x11)

### Note

A position, not an amount. Trap: in a stack of rows, the bottom row is often the biggest. «Bottom» of a fraction is the denominator. The opposite is «top».

## In Jewish tradition

Used for the lowest part of something, such as the base of the wheels in Ezekiel or the roots of the mountains in Jonah's prayer.

**Interpretation.** Ezekiel's wheels and living creatures are the center of Jewish mystical study. Jonah at the bottom of the mountains shows him in the deepest distress, from which God rescued him.

### Examples

- Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold one wheel at the bottom hard by the living creatures, at the four faces thereof. (Prophets EZK.1.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bottom/#x1)
- And when the living creatures went, the wheels went hard by them; and when the living creatures were lifted up from the bottom, the wheels were lifted up. (Prophets EZK.1.19, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bottom/#x2)
- I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars closed upon me for ever; yet hast Thou brought up my life from the pit, O LORD my God. (Prophets JON.2.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bottom/#x3)

### Note

A position, not an amount. Trap: in a stack of rows, the bottom row is often the biggest. «Bottom» of a fraction is the denominator. The opposite is «top».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «bottom» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bottom/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«bottom» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/bottom.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «bottom» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bottom/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«bottom» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/bottom.html) on Mova free.