bottom fishv.

Brit.

/ˈbɒtəm fɪʃ/, U.S.

/ˈbɑdəm ˌfɪʃ/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: bottom n., fish v.¹

Etymology: < bottom n. + fish v.¹, after bottom fishing n., bottom fisher n.

1. intransitive. To go fishing for fish which live or feed near the bottom of a body of water, typically using a weighted line or net. Also transitive with body of water, fish, etc., as object.

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1842 New Monthly Mag. Mar. 352 He could troll, bottom-fish, set a trimmer, and throw a fly with anybody.

1874 Bell's Life in London 2 May 9/1 The middle channel..is rapid and gravelly.., and can be whipped or bottom fished easily.

1905 C. W. Bryant in H. L. Jackson & G. R. Holt Shafto Huntingdon & Great Ouse x. 92 To ‘bottom’ fish most of the reaches of the Ouse properly a boat is necessary.

1977 Sun (Baltimore) 28 Apr. c13/3 If you care to bottom fish, the coral rock shoreline is filled with all sorts of species.

1989 Sunday Capital (Annapolis, Maryland) 1 Oct. (Sports section) c13/2 We anchored and bottom fished just inside Drum Point.

1997 N.Y. Times 4 July b1 It was..a little too early for shark season but perfect for bottom-fishing sea bass.

2003 R. A. Scotti Sudden Sea i. 8 The big trawlers..bottom fished, dragging for halibut, skate, cod, haddock, flounder.

2. intransitive. Finance (originally U.S.). To purchase very low-priced stock, property, etc., esp. when it is believed to have reached its lowest price, or to have been undervalued. Also transitive with investments or market as object.

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1977 Statesville (N. Carolina) Record & Landmark 24 Dec. b5/6 There are also investors who wish to ‘bottom fish’ during the year-end period.

1989 Banker (Nexis) 1 Mar. ‘We like to bottom-fish’, Jamieson explained. ‘We like to buy things for nothing.’

1991 Platt's Oilgram Price Rep. (Nexis) 25 July 2 Several..fuel oil buyers are lining up to bottom-fish the market.

2001 Financial Times 21 July (Personal Finance section) 3 Investors tempted to bottom-fish the technology stocks have had mixed fortunes.

2009 S. M. Gad Business of Value Investing vii. 142 Attempting to bottom fish makes investing much more difficult—and potentially more damaging—than it should be.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

C1. attributive, with the sense ‘of, relating to, or living at the bottom (of the sea, a river, etc.)’, as bottom fish, bottom trawl, etc.Some more prominent instances of compounds of this type are listed at Compounds 3.

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the world > animals > fish > [noun] > defined by habitat > that lives near bottom

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bottom fish1828

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1828 Sporting Mag. Dec. 142/1 It is a certain fact that a white fish, weighing a pound and a half, really weighs six when being drawn out of the water; and bottom fish, such as trout and barbel, are twice the weight of others, using great resistance in leaving their element.

1849 T. D. L. in Amer. Angler's Guide (ed. 3. rev.) ix. 255 Gently drop your line,..drawing it along the leeward side, a foot above the bottom weeds.

1894 Pop. Sci. Monthly June 273/1 This bottom fauna at first entirely depended for food upon the pelagic life at or near the surface.

1959 J. Clegg Freshwater Life Brit. Isles xviii. 309 Deeper samples of the mud are obtained by an apparatus called a core-sampler. This will raise an undisturbed core of bottom-deposit many feet in length.

1961 J. Stubblefield Davies's Introd. Palaeontol. (ed. 3) iii. 87 The lop-sided shell, which does very well for a bottom-crawler, would be a serious impediment to active swimming.

1990 G. M. Pigott & B. W. Tucker Seafood i. 24 The bottom trawl, designed to collect fish that live on the seabed, is designed considerably differently from the midwater trawl due to the increased resistance and abrasion caused by the contact with the bottom.

2004 K. Schultz Field Guide Freshwater Fish 74 Each fry is born with an adhesive organ that it immediately uses to adhere to bottom vegetation.

单词	bottom fish
释义	bottom fishv. Brit. /ˈbɒtəm fɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈbɑdəm ˌfɪʃ/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: bottom n., fish v.¹ Etymology: < bottom n. + fish v.¹, after bottom fishing n., bottom fisher n. 1. intransitive. To go fishing for fish which live or feed near the bottom of a body of water, typically using a weighted line or net. Also transitive with body of water, fish, etc., as object. ΚΠ 1842 New Monthly Mag. Mar. 352 He could troll, bottom-fish, set a trimmer, and throw a fly with anybody. 1874 Bell's Life in London 2 May 9/1 The middle channel..is rapid and gravelly.., and can be whipped or bottom fished easily. 1905 C. W. Bryant in H. L. Jackson & G. R. Holt Shafto Huntingdon & Great Ouse x. 92 To ‘bottom’ fish most of the reaches of the Ouse properly a boat is necessary. 1977 Sun (Baltimore) 28 Apr. c13/3 If you care to bottom fish, the coral rock shoreline is filled with all sorts of species. 1989 Sunday Capital (Annapolis, Maryland) 1 Oct. (Sports section) c13/2 We anchored and bottom fished just inside Drum Point. 1997 N.Y. Times 4 July b1 It was..a little too early for shark season but perfect for bottom-fishing sea bass. 2003 R. A. Scotti Sudden Sea i. 8 The big trawlers..bottom fished, dragging for halibut, skate, cod, haddock, flounder. 2. intransitive. Finance (originally U.S.). To purchase very low-priced stock, property, etc., esp. when it is believed to have reached its lowest price, or to have been undervalued. Also transitive with investments or market as object. ΚΠ 1977 Statesville (N. Carolina) Record & Landmark 24 Dec. b5/6 There are also investors who wish to ‘bottom fish’ during the year-end period. 1989 Banker (Nexis) 1 Mar. ‘We like to bottom-fish’, Jamieson explained. ‘We like to buy things for nothing.’ 1991 Platt's Oilgram Price Rep. (Nexis) 25 July 2 Several..fuel oil buyers are lining up to bottom-fish the market. 2001 Financial Times 21 July (Personal Finance section) 3 Investors tempted to bottom-fish the technology stocks have had mixed fortunes. 2009 S. M. Gad Business of Value Investing vii. 142 Attempting to bottom fish makes investing much more difficult—and potentially more damaging—than it should be. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). > as lemmas bottom fish C1. attributive, with the sense ‘of, relating to, or living at the bottom (of the sea, a river, etc.)’, as bottom fish, bottom trawl, etc.Some more prominent instances of compounds of this type are listed at Compounds 3. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > [noun] > defined by habitat > that lives near bottom grundel14.. bottom fish1828 ground-fish1856 1828 Sporting Mag. Dec. 142/1 It is a certain fact that a white fish, weighing a pound and a half, really weighs six when being drawn out of the water; and bottom fish, such as trout and barbel, are twice the weight of others, using great resistance in leaving their element. 1849 T. D. L. in Amer. Angler's Guide (ed. 3. rev.) ix. 255 Gently drop your line,..drawing it along the leeward side, a foot above the bottom weeds. 1894 Pop. Sci. Monthly June 273/1 This bottom fauna at first entirely depended for food upon the pelagic life at or near the surface. 1959 J. Clegg Freshwater Life Brit. Isles xviii. 309 Deeper samples of the mud are obtained by an apparatus called a core-sampler. This will raise an undisturbed core of bottom-deposit many feet in length. 1961 J. Stubblefield Davies's Introd. Palaeontol. (ed. 3) iii. 87 The lop-sided shell, which does very well for a bottom-crawler, would be a serious impediment to active swimming. 1990 G. M. Pigott & B. W. Tucker Seafood i. 24 The bottom trawl, designed to collect fish that live on the seabed, is designed considerably differently from the midwater trawl due to the increased resistance and abrasion caused by the contact with the bottom. 2004 K. Schultz Field Guide Freshwater Fish 74 Each fry is born with an adhesive organ that it immediately uses to adhere to bottom vegetation. extracted from bottomn.adj. < v.1842 as lemmas
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