bottom out (English, verb)
expansion: bottom out (third-person singular simple present bottoms out, present participle bottoming out, simple past and past participle bottomed out)
Senses:
glosses: To reach the bottom; to reach the nadir or lowest point.
tags: intransitive
glosses: To touch or drag along the ground or other surface.
tags: idiomatic
raw_tags: of a vehicle
glosses: Of a vessel, to touch the bottom of a water body.
tags: idiomatic
topics: engineering
mechanical
mechanical-engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: To strike the lower mechanical stop and lose the ability to buffer further downward motion.
raw_tags: of a suspension or similar device
Forms:
form: bottoms out
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: bottoming out
tags: participle
present
form: bottomed out
tags: participle
past
form: bottomed out
tags: past