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bottom
Noun
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The bottom of something is its lowest part.
Lucy took a pen and wrote her name at the bottom of the page.
He was wet from top to bottom.
it was wider at the top than the bottom.
Add wine to the pan and scrape up anything stuck to the pan bottom.
He stopped at the bottom of the stairs and looked back up.
I thought this ship was going to the bottom of the ocean.
I dropped it in the water and it quickly sank to the bottom.
She came downstairs and sat down on the bottom step.
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If you are at the bottom, you are at the social lowest position.
Chicago still ranks near the bottom among major cities.
You don't have to wait until you've hit rock bottom to get help.
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Your bottom is the round part between your legs and your back.
She ran into the tree and sat down hard on her bottom.
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A bottom is the part of a set of clothing that you put your legs through.
Her pink top was perfect, but I didn't like how the bottom fit.
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The bottom of an inning in baseball is its second half.
It's the bottom of the ninth inning and the score is tied.
bottom
Verb
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If something bottoms (out), it stops going down.
When do you think the housing problems are going to bottom out?
Home prices have yet to bottom out.
stop
Verb
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If you stop, you do not move; you rest.
He stopped after running 2 miles.
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If you stop something or somebody, you prevent them from moving or doing something. You cause the person to cease moving or progressing.
The police tried to stop the criminal, but he was too fast.
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If you stop doing something, you are not doing it anymore. You have ceased doing it.
I stopped playing video games and went back to working on my project.
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If you stop, you come to the end of the time when one is doing something. You start doing a different thing or start doing nothing.
stop
Noun
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A stop is a place where buses, cars, taxis, or other vehicles halt to let passengers board or leave (get on or off).
motion
Noun
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A motion is a movement, often not a big movement.
She made a small motion with her hand to get his attention.
The light turned green and he put the car into motion.