dictionary definitions for "floored"


From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:

  floored
      adj : provided with a floor [ant: ceilinged]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  floored \floored\ adj.
     1. provided with a floor. ceilinged
        [WordNet 1.5]
  
     2. knocked down to the floor or ground.
        [PJC]
  
     3. defeated; overwhelmed.
        [PJC]
  
     4. suprised and confounded; nonplused; as, I was floored by
        the brilliance of the solution.
        [PJC]

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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Floored or crushed by him.            --Coleridge.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. To finish or make an end of; as, to floor a college
        examination. [Colloq.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
              I've floored my little-go work.       --T. Hughes.
        [1913 Webster]


online dictionary by shmop.net