bottom vs stub

bottom

verb
  • To reach or strike against the bottom of something, so as to impede free action. 

  • To pour spirits into (a glass to be topped up with soda water). 

  • To establish or found (something) on or upon. 

  • To lie on the bottom of; to underlie, to lie beneath. 

  • To reach the bottom of something. 

  • To fall to the lowest point. 

  • To be the submissive partner in a BDSM relationship. 

  • To furnish (something) with a bottom. 

  • To be anally penetrated in gay sex. 

noun
  • Low-lying land near a river with alluvial soil. 

  • The far end of somewhere. 

  • A ball or skein of thread; a cocoon. 

  • A submissive in sadomasochistic sexual activity. 

  • The buttocks or anus. 

  • Low-lying land; a valley or hollow. 

  • The second half of an inning, the home team's turn at bat. 

  • A cargo vessel, a ship. 

  • A man who prefers the receptive role in anal sex with men. 

  • Character, reliability, staying power, dignity, integrity or sound judgment. 

  • Certain parts of a vessel, particularly the cargo hold or the portion of the ship that is always underwater. 

  • The base; the fundamental part; basic aspect. 

  • A garment worn to cover the body below the torso. 

  • An abyss. 

  • The lowest part of anything. 

  • Spirits poured into a glass before adding soda water. 

  • The lowest part of a container. 

  • The bed of a body of water, as of a river, lake, or sea. 

adj
  • Relating to the genitals. 

  • The lowest or last place or position. 

stub

verb
  • To jam, hit, or bump, especially a toe. 

  • To remove a plant by pulling it out by the roots. 

  • To remove most of a tree, bush, or other rooted plant by cutting it close to the ground. 

noun
  • An old and worn horseshoe nail. 

  • A placeholder procedure that has the signature of the planned procedure but does not yet implement the intended behavior. 

  • Stub iron. 

  • A row heading in a table (with horizontal reference, whereas a column heading has vertical reference). 

  • An unequal first or last interest calculation period, as a part of a financial swap contract 

  • A procedure that translates requests from external systems into a format suitable for processing and then submits those requests for processing. 

  • A piece of certain paper items, designed to be torn off and kept for record or identification purposes. 

  • The smallest remainder of a smoked cigarette; a butt. 

  • The remaining part of the docked tail of a dog 

  • Something blunted, stunted, or cut short, such as stubble or a stump. 

  • A page providing only minimal information and intended for later development. 

  • A pen with a short, blunt nib. 

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