"bottom out" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: en-au-bottom out.ogg [Australia] Forms: bottoms out [present, singular, third-person], bottoming out [participle, present], bottomed out [participle, past], bottomed out [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} bottom out (third-person singular simple present bottoms out, present participle bottoming out, simple past and past participle bottomed out)
  1. (intransitive) To reach the bottom; to reach the nadir or lowest point. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-bottom_out-en-verb-IsJkKvU6
  2. (idiomatic, of a vehicle) To touch or drag along the ground or other surface. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-bottom_out-en-verb-OCyCQJIg
  3. (idiomatic) Of a vessel, to touch the bottom of a water body. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-bottom_out-en-verb-p4L0U-n2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (out) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 3 62 31 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (out): 10 7 50 33
  4. (mechanical engineering, of a suspension or similar device) To strike the lower mechanical stop and lose the ability to buffer further downward motion. Categories (topical): Mechanical engineering
    Sense id: en-bottom_out-en-verb-XSOVsIYJ Topics: engineering, mechanical, mechanical-engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

Inflected forms

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