Definitions

touch bottom

VERB

sink

Synonyms

STRONGEST

capsize decline descend dig dip disappear drill drive drop drown fall go down lower overturn plummet plunge ram sag settle slump stick submerge wreck

STRONG

bore depress droop ebb engulf excavate flounder founder immerse overwhelm regress scuttle set shipwreck slope stab stoop subside swamp thrust

WEAK

bring down cast down cave in force down go to the bottom let down put down tip over

Antonyms

STRONGEST

ascend go up increase raise rise

STRONG

excite grow lift succeed

WEAK

fight float strengthen

VERB

submerse

Synonyms

STRONG

bore capsize couch decline depress descend dig dip disappear drill drive droop drop drown ebb engulf excavate fall flounder founder immerse lay lower overturn overwhelm plummet plunge ram regress run sag scuttle set settle shipwreck slope slump stab stick stoop submerge subside swamp thrust wreck

WEAK

bring down cast down cave in demit force down go down go to the bottom let down put down tip over

Antonyms

STRONG

ascend discourage displace dissuade dry excite fill go up grow halt increase lift neglect raise remove rise stop succeed underwhelm

Example Sentences

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“Slowly but steadily, the male gently pushed the pup to shore until it could touch bottom,” the study said.

From Seattle Times

You have to touch bottom before you can kind of start to come back up again.

From Salon

Every now and then she lowered a tentative foot to touch bottom.

From Literature

Dicey and James were tall enough to touch bottom, but the water was over the heads of the smaller children.

From Literature

“There you go,” he said, when I was able to touch bottom again.

From The New Yorker