The one in a power-exchange situation who "gives up" power to the dominator. In BDSM power and control are the same thing. Control = Power in the context of BDSM. A "bottom" is a generic term usually meaning the one whom things are being done to: the submissive, the masochist, the receiver, etc. The act of receiving; refers to submissives, slaves, masochists, etc.

In a BDSM relationship, the "Bottom" is the same as a the "submissive" In some more specialized relationships, the "bottom" is the one who gives up control (For instance, in a pure Sado Masochistic relationship without Domination Submission or Bondage Discipline, the one who receives the pain is the bottom)

A submissive and or masochist. Someone who enjoys being given various sensations rather than being controlled. Refers to the submissive during the sex act.

The lowest price reached for a given security over a given period of time. opposite of top.

The lowest part of anything; the foot; as, the bottom of a tree or well; the bottom of a hill, a lane, or a page.

Of or pertaining to the bottom; fundamental; lowest; under; as, bottom rock; the bottom board of a wagon box; bottom prices.

The part of the vessels hull which is submerged below the water. The area from the waterline to the bottom of the keel.

The underside of a surfboard.

The underside of the hull (see) that sits in the water.

1) On a canoe, a major factor in stability. Generally classified as Flat, Shallow Arch, and Round, in decreasing order of stability. 2) In a canoe, a point subject to desensitization over long paddles.

The part of the canoe that is under the water.

To found or build upon; to fix upon as a support; -- followed by on or upon.

A market bottom is an area where prices in a decline encountered heavy support, were unable to progress any lower, and either reversed (i.e. went into a bull trend) or consolidated (traded sideways).

The term often referred to here is a market bottom, which is an area where prices when falling, encountered heavy support and were unable to progress any lower. The prices would then either start going up or be consolidated (trade sideways).

Bottom was a British sitcom of the early 1990s (and later a series of stage shows) written by Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson. They were also the main stars, respectively playing Richard Richard (Richie) and Edward Elizabeth Hitler (Eddie), who share a flat in Hammersmith, West London. The programme ran for three series, and is noted for its derivation of comic effect from intentionally crude and highly violent slapstick.

Description of a general sexual position. A "bottom" prefers being penetrated over being the pentrator. He is still called the bottom even if he positions himself above his partner or if he is the one doing most of the moving.

in medical lingo this is referred to as anal receptive sex. Being a bottom carries the highest risk of acquiring HIV and is similar in risk to sharing a needle with an HIV positive injection drug user.

One who enjoys the *passive* role in sex.

An abyss.

Dregs or grounds; lees; sediment.

bed) sediment The material that temporarily is stationary in the bottom of a stream or other watercourse.

A term used in the S/M community to refer to someone who derives erotic pleasure from temporarily and consensually relinquishing control to another person.

The part of anything which is beneath the contents and supports them, as the part of a chair on which a person sits, the circular base or lower head of a cask or tub, or the plank floor of a ship's hold; the under surface.

The part of a ship which is ordinarily under water; hence, the vessel itself; a ship.

To furnish with a bottom; as, to bottom a chair.

(when you are long) the exact spot where you give up averaging down and sell (when you are short) the spot where the book says you should go short

A deep gulley or steep ravine which cannot be jumped, and must be skirted on horseback; to say that a covert has plenty of 'bottom' means that it has much thick under-growth.

courage, pluck.

Bottom is an expression, commonly used in England in the 18th and 19th centuries, and still in use, to refer to characteristics such as reliability, staying-power, dignity, integrity and soundness of judgement. A person deficient in these characteristics is said to "lack bottom." Bottom is a characteristic valued in politicians, naval and military officers and Anglican bishops.

The bed of a body of water, as of a river, lake, sea.

Low land formed by alluvial deposits along a river; low-lying ground; a dale; a valley.

To reach or get to the bottom of.

To reach or impinge against the bottom, so as to impede free action, as when the point of a cog strikes the bottom of a space between two other cogs, or a piston the end of a cylinder.

A bottom is an event in technical analysis, where prices reach a low, then a lower low, and then a higher low.

The innermost part of a bay, harbour or inlet; the land adjoining the innermost part of a bay.

The fundament; the buttocks.

the round portion of the buttocks of a boy or immature man intended for the application of punishment by the boy's father or other authority figures.

Power of endurance; as, a horse of a good bottom.

1) Stamina in a horse. 2) Subsurface of a racing strip.

A ball or skein of thread; a cocoon.

To wind round something, as in making a ball of thread.

Gonads Ringing

Refers to a single plow share and moldboard. If a plow has two bottoms it has two shares and moldboards. Some be call this type of plow a "bottom plow".

That upon which anything rests or is founded, in a literal or a figurative sense; foundation; groundwork.

To rest, as upon an ultimate support; to be based or grounded; -- usually with on or upon.

Bottom fisher Bought deal

The measure corresponding to an agent on which all objects were successful, (so it was of bottom difficulty), or for an object which had no success on any agent (so it was of bottom ability). An estimate of this value requires information or assertions beyond the current data.

The value shown in the Results Table for an agent on which all objects were successful, (so it was of bottom difficulty), or for an object which had no success on any agent (so it was of bottom ability)

The fartherest from the band. see also , up, down

verb] To be the recipient in spanking play, or [noun] someone whose spanking orientation is that of the recipient.

An icon which sets the screen in a view 90 degrees from the view on the workbench looking from the bottom.

The second half of a baseball innings

The second half of an inning.

Bottom face of a footwear sole which extends from toe to heel breast.

In a duplicate tournament, the worst result obtained by a team for an hand comparison.

The floor of the pool.

Floor or underlying surface of an underground excavation.

See Trough.

Having a lot of bottom is a term used when a dog is perceived as 'tough' or has the ability to handle a lot of pressure.

being a 'bottom' means being the 'receiver' during anal sex i.e. the one that uses his bottom.

though not a phrase that originated with slash, it's often used and refers to the person on the receiving end of anal penetration.

The bass frequencies (as in "needs more bottom end").

The control will be attached to the bottom border of its parent

Um.. the bottom of the board.

The low point in a down move.

See "Back."

see base