that part of a room, hallway, or the like, that forms its lower enclosing surface and upon which one walks.
2.
a continuous, supporting surface extending horizontally throughout a building, having a number of rooms, apartments, or the like, and constituting one level or stage in the structure; story.
3.
a level, supporting surface in any structure: the elevator floor.
4.
one of two or more layers of material composing a floor: rough floor; finish floor.
5.
a platform or prepared level area for a particular use: a threshing floor.
6.
the bottom of any more or less hollow place: the floor of a tunnel.
7.
a more or less flat extent of surface: the floor of the ocean.
8.
the part of a legislative chamber, meeting room, etc., where the members sit, and from which they speak.
9.
the right of one member to speak from such a place in preference to other members: The senator from Alaska has the floor.
10.
the area of a floor, as in a factory or retail store, where items are actually made or sold, as opposed to offices, supply areas, etc.: There are only two salesclerks on the floor.
11.
the main part of a stock or commodity exchange or the like, as distinguished from the galleries, platform, etc.
12.
the bottom, base, or minimum charged, demanded, or paid: The government avoided establishing a price or wage floor.
13.
Mining. an underlying stratum, as of ore, usually flat.
14.
Nautical.
a.
the bottom of a hull.
b.
any of a number of deep, transverse framing members at the bottom of a steel or iron hull, generally interrupted by and joined to any vertical keel or keelsons.
c.
the lowermost member of a frame in a wooden vessel.
–verb (used with object)
15.
to cover or furnish with a floor.
16.
to bring down to the floor or ground; knock down: He floored his opponent with one blow.
17.
to overwhelm; defeat.
18.
to confound or puzzle; nonplus: I was floored by the problem.
19.
Also, floorboard.to push (a foot-operated accelerator pedal) all the way down to the floor of a vehicle, for maximum speed or power.
—Idioms
20.
mop or wipe the floor with, Informal. to overwhelm completely; defeat: He expected to mop the floor with his opponents.
21.
take the floor, to arise to address a meeting.
[Origin: bef. 900; ME flor, OE flōr; c. ON flōr, MLG vlōr, MHG vluor (G Flur)]
O.E. flor "floor," from P.Gmc. *floruz "floor" (cf. M.Du. vloer, O.N. flor "floor," M.H.G. vluor, Ger. Flur "field, meadow"), from PIE *plaros (cf. Welsh llawr "ground"), enlarged from *pele- "flat, to spread." The verbal sense of "puzzle, confound" is 1830, from notion of "knock down to the floor" (1642). The fig. sense in legislative assemblies is first recorded 1774.
the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure); "they needed rugs to cover the bare floors"; "we spread our sleeping bags on the dry floor of the tent"
2.
a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale; "what level is the office on?"
3.
a lower limit; "the government established a wage floor"
4.
the ground on which people and animals move about; "the fire spared the forest floor"
5.
the bottom surface of any lake or other body of water
6.
the lower inside surface of any hollow structure; "the floor of the pelvis"; "the floor of the cave"
7.
the occupants of a floor; "the whole floor complained about the lack of heat"
8.
the parliamentary right to address an assembly; "the chairman granted him the floor"
9.
the legislative hall where members debate and vote and conduct other business; "there was a motion from the floor"
10.
a large room in a exchange where the trading is done; "he is a floor trader"
verb
1.
surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off; "I was floored when I heard that I was promoted" [syn: shock]
2.
knock down with force; "He decked his opponent" [syn: deck]
Floor\, n. [AS. fl?r; akin to D. vloer, G. flur field, floor, entrance hall, Icel. fl?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. 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. 3. The surface, or the platform, of a structure on which we walk or travel; as, the floor of a bridge. 4. A story of a building. See Story. 5. (Legislative Assemblies) (a) The part of the house assigned to the members. (b) The right to speak. [U.S.] Note: Instead of he has the floor, the English say, he is in possession of the house. 6. (Naut.) That part of the bottom of a vessel on each side of the keelson which is most nearly horizontal. 7. (Mining) (a) The rock underlying a stratified or nearly horizontal deposit. (b) A horizontal, flat ore body. --Raymond. 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.
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. 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. Floored or crushed by him. --Coleridge. 3. To finish or make an end of; as, to floor a college examination. [Colloq.] I've floored my little-go work. --T. Hughes.
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