From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
floor
n 1: the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room or
hallway); "they needed rugs to cover the bare floors"
[syn: flooring]
2: structure consisting of a room or set of rooms comprising a
single level of a multilevel building; "what level is the
office on?" [syn: level, storey, story]
3: a lower limit; "the government established a wage floor"
[syn: base]
4: the ground on which people and animals move about; "the fire
spared the forest floor"
5: the bottom surface of any a cave or lake etc.
6: the occupants of a floor; "the whole floor complained about
the lack of heat"
7: the parliamentary right to address an assembly; "the
chairman granted him the floor"
8: the legislative hall where members debate and vote and
conduct other business; "there was a motion from the
floor"
9: a large room in a stock exchange where the trading is done;
"he is a floor trader" [syn: trading floor]
v 1: surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off; "I was floored
when I heard that I was promoted" [syn: shock, stun,
ball over, blow out of the water, take aback]
2: knock down with force; "He decked his opponent" [syn:
deck, coldcock, dump, knock down]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Floor \Floor\ (fl[=o]r), n. [AS. fl[=o]r; akin to D. vloer, G.
flur field, floor, entrance hall, Icel. fl[=o]r floor of a
cow stall, cf. Ir. & Gael. lar floor, ground, earth, W.
llawr, perh. akin to L. planus level. Cf. Plain smooth.]
1. The bottom or lower part of any room; the part upon which
we stand and upon which the movables in the room are
supported.
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2. The structure formed of beams, girders, etc., with proper
covering, which divides a building horizontally into
stories. Floor in sense 1 is, then, the upper surface of
floor in sense 2.
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3. The surface, or the platform, of a structure on which we
walk or travel; as, the floor of a bridge.
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4. A story of a building. See Story.
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5. (Legislative Assemblies)
(a) The part of the house assigned to the members.
(b) The right to speak; as, the gentleman from Iowa has
the floor. [U.S.]
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Note: Instead of he has the floor, the English say, he is in
possession of the house.
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6. (Naut.) That part of the bottom of a vessel on each side
of the keelson which is most nearly horizontal.
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7. (Mining)
(a) The rock underlying a stratified or nearly horizontal
deposit.
(b) A horizontal, flat ore body. --Raymond.
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Floor cloth, a heavy fabric, painted, varnished, or
saturated, with waterproof material, for covering floors;
oilcloth.
Floor cramp, an implement for tightening the seams of floor
boards before nailing them in position.
Floor light, a frame with glass panes in a floor.
Floor plan.
(a) (Shipbuilding) A longitudinal section, showing a ship
as divided at the water line.
(b) (Arch.) A horizontal section, showing the thickness of
the walls and partitions, arrangement of passages,
apartments, and openings at the level of any floor of
a house.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Floor \Floor\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Floored; p. pr. & vb. n.
Flooring.]
1. To cover with a floor; to furnish with a floor; as, to
floor a house with pine boards.
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2. To strike down or lay level with the floor; to knock down;
hence, to silence by a conclusive answer or retort; as, to
floor an opponent.
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Floored or crushed by him. --Coleridge.
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3. To finish or make an end of; as, to floor a college
examination. [Colloq.]
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I've floored my little-go work. --T. Hughes.
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