bottoming
Reaching the lowest
Bottoming describes reaching the lowest point or serving as the bottom.
Markets bottom when they stop declining: The stock finally bottomed at twelve dollars.
To bottom out is the same—hitting the floor before recovery.
In sexual slang, bottoming means taking the receptive role in anal intercourse.
The word also appears in leatherworking, where bottoming means compressing material to a flat surface.
Lowest possible point
- troughOpen container for animal feed
- ebbGradual retreat seaward
- slumpExtended period of decline
- downturnEconomic decline period
recession · depression · crisis · collapse · despair · defeat · failure · bankruptcy
Solid stone underground
- substrateUnderlying supporting material
- footingSecure ground position
- groundworkFoundational preparation for something
- underpinningFoundational support beneath
baseplate · substructure · anchorage · support · stability · solidity · structural · load-bearing
Ocean's solid base
- benthicOf the sea bottom
- soundingDepth measurement technique
- fathomNautical depth unit
- depthDistance below surface
grounding · shoal · sandbar · keel · draft · hull · anchor · sediment
nadir
Lowest possible point
downturn · recession · depression · crisis · collapse · despair · defeat · failure · bankruptcy · adversity
bedrock
Solid stone underground
- substrateUnderlying supporting material
- footingSecure ground position
- groundworkFoundational preparation for something
underpinning · baseplate · substructure · anchorage · support · stability · solidity · structural · load-bearing · settling
seafloor
Ocean's solid base
depth · grounding · shoal · sandbar · keel · draft · hull · anchor · sediment · trawling
crux
Most important point
lead · toprope · multipitch · smearing · edging · dyno · gripped · belay · rappel · quickdraw
tap
Valve controlling liquid flow
- drillHole-boring device
- countersinkConical recess for fasteners
- holeAbsence in matter
thread · tooling · clearance · chamfer · bore · reamer · cutting · tolerance · workpiece · breakthrough
bottomingpeaking
Reaching highest point
topping · topping out · cresting · culminating · summiting
bottomingtopping out
Reaching highest point
peaking · surging · rising · skyrocketing · soaring
bottomingtopping
Food's finishing layer
dominating · pitching · taking control · leading · giving
- bottoming outReaching the lowest level
bottom, bottoms, bottomless, bottomed, bottommost, bottomlessness, bottom-up, bottom out