bottom (v.) Copy link Outline I. To found or rest uponII. To furnish with a bottomIII. To examine to the bottom, i. e. thoroughly • bottom (v.): I. To found or rest upon: q. v. II. To furnish with a bottom: Phr.: to b. a chest: *armarium fundo instruere. III. To examine to the bottom, i. e. thoroughly: rem penitus perspicere, cognoscere: v. to study.