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  • 31Bottom-up — Als Top down (engl., etwa „von oben nach unten“) und Bottom up (engl., etwa „von unten nach oben“) werden zwei entgegengesetzte Vorgehensweisen bezeichnet, die in verschiedenen Sinnzusammenhängen verwendet werden. Top down bezeichnet eine… …

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  • 32bottom — /ˈbɒtəm / (say botuhm) noun 1. the lowest or deepest part of anything, as distinguished from the top: the bottom of a hill; the bottom of a page. 2. the place of least honour, dignity, or achievement: the bottom of the class; our team finished at …

  • 33bottom — n. 1) (usu. fig.) to scrape the bottom of the barrel ( to use one s last resources ) 2) (fig.) to hit ( reach ) bottom 3) to sink to the bottom 4) a double, false bottom 5) a bottom to (there s a false bottom to the suitcase) 6) at, on the bottom …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 34bottom — bot•tom [[t]ˈbɒt əm[/t]] n. 1) the lowest or deepest part of anything, as distinguished from the top: the bottom of a page; ice on the bottom of the glass[/ex] 2) the under or lower side; underside: the bottom of a typewriter[/ex] 3) the ground… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 35bottom — I. noun Etymology: Middle English botme, from Old English botm; akin to Old High German bodam bottom, Latin fundus, Greek pythmēn Date: before 12th century 1. a. the underside of something b. a surface (as the seat of a chair) designed to support …

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  • 36Bottom 10 — [ ESPN publishes the Bottom 10 worst college football teams weekly during the regular season.] The Bottom 10 (sometimes called ESPN.com s Bottom 10 ) is a week by week regular season ranking of the worst ten college football teams in the NCAA… …

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  • 37bottom*/*/*/ — [ˈbɒtəm] noun I 1) [singular] the lowest part of sth The page had a line missing from the bottom.[/ex] She ran down to the bottom of the hill.[/ex] The date and time are shown at the bottom of your screen.[/ex] Read what is says on the bottom of… …

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  • 38bottom — 1. noun /ˈbɒtəm,ˈbɑtəm/ a) The lowest part from the uppermost part, in either of these senses: lack bottom b) The part furthest in the direction toward which an unsupported object would fall. Where shall we go for a walk? How about Ashcombe… …

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  • 39bottom — {{11}}bottom (n.) O.E. botm, bodan ground, soil, foundation, lowest part, from P.Gmc. *buthm (Cf. O.Fris. boden soil, O.N. botn, Du. bodem, O.H.G. bodam, Ger. Boden ground, earth, soil ), from PIE root *bhu(n)d(h) (Cf. Skt. budhnah, Avestan buna …

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  • 40bottom — See: BET ONE S BOOTS or BET ONE S BOTTOM DOLLAR, FROM THE BOTTOM OF ONE S HEART, FROM TO , GET TO THE BOTTOM OF, HIT BOTTOM or TOUCH BOTTOM, ROCK BOTTOM, SCRAPE THE BOTTOM OF THE BARREL …

    Dictionary of American idioms