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wept pitiably. b trap, cut off, hem in, box in: With the help
of the posse, we can bottle up the gang in the canyon.
bottom n. 1 seat, buttocks, rear, behind, rear end, derriŠre, rump,
posterior, hindquarters, breech, fundament, gluteus maximus,
Colloq backside, butt, prat, Brit bum , US can, duff, keister or
keester, hinie; Taboo Brit arse, US ass; Slang US tokus or
tochis or tuchis, tushie or tushy or tush: He just sits there
on his bottom, never doing a bit of work. 2 base, foot,
foundation, groundwork, substructure, footing, underpinning,
fundament: A ditch was dug along the bottom of the wall. 3
basis, foundation, source, origin, cause, heart, nub: We have
to get to the bottom of the problem. 4 depths, Davy Jones's
locker; bed: The ship sank to the bottom of the sea. 5 at
bottom. basically, fundamentally, in the final or last analysis,
really, in reality, truly, in truth, essentially: Despite her
behaviour at the party, at bottom she is very reserved. 6
Bottoms up! Prosit!, To your (very good) health!, Cheers!,
Here's to -!, Skol!: Here's to the whole team - Bottoms up!
bottomless
adj. unfathomed, unfathomable, abyssal, abysmal, inexhaustible,
unlimited, immeasurable, unplumbable: The bottomless ignorance
of the man is incredible.
bounce n. 1 bound, leap, hop, recoil, ricochet, rebound: The ball
took a bad bounce and the infielder missed it. 2 vitality,
energy, verve, zest, vivacity, liveliness, animation, dynamism,
life, Colloq pep, zip, go, get-up-and-go: Betty has so much
bounce, she is a bit tiring to have around.
--v. 3 bound, rebound, hop; recoil, ricochet: The ball bounced
over the wall and into the river.
bound° n. 1 Usually, bounds. boundary, boundary-line, limit(s),
extent, border(s), confines: Please try to keep the dogs within
the bounds of the estate. Carl's plan is beyond the bounds of
common sense.
--v. 2 limit, restrict, confine, delimit, define, circumscribe:
The river bounds the property on the east.
boundý n. 1 leap, jump, vault, spring; bounce, hop: With a great