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Meaning of bottom fishing

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

bottom

Pronunciation:/ˈbɒtəm//ˈbɑtəm/

noun

Definitions

  1. The lowest part of anything.

    Example: Footers appear at the bottoms of pages.

  2. Character, reliability, staying power, dignity, integrity or sound judgment.

    Example: lack bottom

  3. Low-lying land; a valley or hollow.

    Example: Where shall we go for a walk? How about Ashcombe Bottom?

  4. The buttocks or anus.

verb

Definitions

  1. To furnish (something) with a bottom.

    Example: to bottom a chair

  2. To wind (like a ball of thread etc.).

  3. To establish or found (something) on or upon.

  4. (chiefly in passive) To lie on the bottom of; to underlie, to lie beneath.

adjective

Definitions

  1. The lowest or last place or position.

    Example: Those files should go on the bottom shelf.