floored
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noun
1.
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.
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Floored
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| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
20.
mop/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:
before 900; Middle English flor, Old English flōr; cognate with Old Norse flōr, Middle Low German vlōr, Middle High German vluor (German Flur)
before 900; Middle English flor, Old English flōr; cognate with Old Norse flōr, Middle Low German vlōr, Middle High German vluor (German Flur)
Related forms
floor·less, adjective
un·der·floor, noun
un·floor, verb (used with object)
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floor (flɔː) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | Also called: flooring the inner lower surface of a room |
| 2. | a storey of a building: the second floor |
| 3. | a flat bottom surface in or on any structure: the floor of a lift; a dance floor |
| 4. | the bottom surface of a tunnel, cave, river, sea, etc |
| 5. | mining an underlying stratum |
| 6. | nautical the bottom, or the lowermost framing members at the bottom, of a vessel |
| 7. | that part of a legislative hall in which debate and other business is conducted |
| 8. | the right to speak in a legislative or deliberative body (esp in the phrases get, have, or be given the floor) |
| 9. | the room in a stock exchange where trading takes place |
| 10. | the earth; ground |
| 11. | a minimum price charged or paid: a wage floor |
| 12. | take the floor to begin dancing on a dance floor |
| —vb | |
| 13. | to cover with or construct a floor |
| 14. | (tr) to knock to the floor or ground |
| 15. | informal (tr) to disconcert, confound, or defeat: to be floored by a problem |
| [Old English flōr; related to Old Norse flōrr, Middle Low German vlōr floor, Latin plānus level, Greek planan to cause to wander] | |
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Word Origin & History
floor
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" (1640s).
Related: Floored; flooring. The figurative sense in legislative assemblies is first recorded 1774. Floor plan attested from 1867.
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Slang Dictionary
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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Example sentences
The remainder of the mountain then collapsed, leaving a relatively flat-floored, ash-filled bowl.
On the interior, the rooms radiate out from a marble-floored central rotunda.
Low- to high-relief mountain ranges and broad, flat-floored valleys are prevalent farther inland.
The hotel's marble-floored dining room is open for both breakfast and dinner.
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