n.
Function: transitive verb
Date: 1520
1 : to furnish with a bottom
2 : to provide a foundation for
3 : to bring to the bottom
4 : to get to the bottom of
intransitive verb
1 : to become based
2 : to reach the bottom
3 : to reach a point where a decline is halted or reversed ― usually used with out <the team bottomed out in last place>
– bot · tom · er noun