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

From Salon • Jul. 4, 2022

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

From The New Yorker • Jan. 20, 2020

Anglers and rafters can float navigable waters in a boat, but they can’t touch bottom — no hopping out to wade, no dropping anchor to heed nature’s call.

From New York Times • Aug. 22, 2012

But I couldn’t touch bottom, and by then I could barely move.

From Washington Post

She swam and reached the other side of the bank where she could touch bottom.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers