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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FLOOR, n. flore. [In early ages, the inhabitants of Europe had no floor in their huts, but the ground. The sense of the word is probably that which is laid or spread.]
1. That part of a building or room on which we walk; the bottom or lower part, consisting, in modern houses, of boards, plands or pavement; as the floor of a house, room, bar, stable or outhouse.
2. A platform of boards or plans laid on timbers, as in a bridge; any similar platform.
3. A story in a building; as the first or second floor.
4. A floor or earthen floor is still used in some kinds of business, made of loam, or of lime, sand and iron dust, as in malting.
5. The bottom of a ship, or that part which is nearly horizontal.
FLOOR, v.t. To lay a floor; to cover timbers with a floor; to furnish with a floor; as, to floor a house with pine boards.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: 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" [syn: floor, flooring]
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?" [syn: floor, level, storey, story]
3: a lower limit; "the government established a wage floor" [syn: floor, base]
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" [syn: floor, trading floor] v
1: surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off; "I was floored when I heard that I was promoted" [syn: shock, floor, ball over, blow out of the water, take aback]
2: knock down with force; "He decked his opponent" [syn: deck, coldcock, dump, knock down, floor]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English flor, from Old English fl?r; akin to Old High German fluor meadow, Latin planus level, and perhaps to Greek planasthai to wander Date: before 12th century 1. the level base of a room 2. a. the lower inside surface of a hollow structure (as a cave or bodily part) b. a ground surface <the ocean floor> 3. a. a structure dividing a building into stories; also story b. the occupants of such a floor 4. the surface of a structure on which one travels <the floor of a bridge> 5. a. a main level space (as in a stock exchange or legislative chamber) distinguished from a platform or gallery b. the specially prepared or marked area on which indoor sports events take place c. the members of an assembly <took questions from the floor> d. the right to address an assembly <the senator from Utah has the floor> 6. a lower limit ; base • floored adjective II. transitive verb Date: 15th century 1. to cover with a floor or flooring 2. a. to knock or bring down b. flabbergast, dumbfound 3. to press (the accelerator of a vehicle) to the floorboard; also to accelerate rapidly <floored the van> • floorer noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. 1 a the lower surface of a room. b the boards etc. of which it is made. 2 a the bottom of the sea, a cave, a cavity, etc. b any level area. 3 all the rooms etc. on the same level of a building; a storey (lives on the ground floor; walked up to the sixth floor). 4 a (in a legislative assembly) the part of the house in which members sit and from which they speak. b the right to speak next in debate (gave him the floor). 5 Stock Exch. the large central hall where trading takes place. 6 the minimum of prices, wages, etc. 7 colloq. the ground. --v.tr. 1 furnish with a floor; pave. 2 bring to the ground; knock (a person) down. 3 colloq. confound, baffle (was floored by the puzzle). 4 colloq. get the better of; overcome. 5 serve as the floor of (leopard skins floored the hall). Phrases and idioms: first (US second) floor the floor above the ground floor. floor-lamp US a standard lamp. floor-leader US the leader of a party in a legislative assembly. floor manager 1 the stage manager of a television production. 2 a shopwalker. floor plan a diagram of the rooms etc. on one storey of a building. floor-polish a manufactured substance used for polishing floors. floor show an entertainment presented on the floor (as opposed to the stage) of a nightclub etc. floor-walker US a shopwalker. from the floor (of a speech etc.) given by a member of the audience, not by those on the platform etc. take the floor 1 begin to dance on a dance-floor etc. 2 speak in a debate. Derivatives: floorless adj. Etymology: OE flor f. Gmc

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Floor 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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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. 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(floors, flooring, floored) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. The floor of a room is the part of it that you walk on. Jack's sitting on the floor watching TV... We painted the wooden floor with a white stain. N-COUNT: usu the N in sing 2. A floor of a building is all the rooms that are on a particular level. It is on the fifth floor of the hospital... They occupied the first two floors of the tower. = storey N-COUNT: usu supp N 3. The ocean floor is the ground at the bottom of an ocean. The valley floor is the ground at the bottom of a valley. N-COUNT: usu sing, with supp, oft n N 4. The place where official debates and discussions are held, especially between members of parliament, is referred to as the floor. The issues were debated on the floor of the House. N-COUNT: usu the N in sing 5. In a debate or discussion, the floor is the people who are listening to the arguments being put forward but who are not among the main speakers. The president is taking questions from the floor. N-SING-COLL: the N 6. The floor of a stock exchange is the large open area where trading is done. ...the dealing floor at Standard Chartered Bank. N-COUNT: usu sing, with supp 7. The floor in a place such as a club or disco is the area where people dance. N-COUNT 8. If you are floored by something, you are unable to respond to it because you are so surprised by it. He was floored by the announcement... He seemed floored by a string of scandals. VERB: usu passive, be V-ed, V-ed 9. see also floored, flooring, dance floor, first floor, ground floor, shop floor 10. If you take the floor, you start speaking in a debate or discussion. If you are given the floor, you are allowed to do this. Ministers took the floor to denounce the decision to suspend constitutional rule... Only members would be given the floor. PHRASE: V inflects 11. If you take to the floor, you start dancing at a dance or disco. The happy couple and their respective parents took to the floor. PHRASE: V inflects 12. If you say that prices or sales have fallen through the floor, you mean that they have suddenly decreased. Property prices have dropped through the floor... PHRASE: PHR after v 13. If you wipe the floor with someone, you defeat them completely in a competition or discussion. (INFORMAL) He could wipe the floor with the Prime Minister. PHRASE: V inflects, PHR n 14. see also factory floor

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

flor.

See HOUSE; THRESHING-FLOOR

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. 1. Cover with a floor, put a floor on. 2. Overthrow, prostrate, bring to the floor, knock down. 3. Prevail over (in argument), pose, nonplus, get the better of.

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

To knock down. Floor the pig; knock down the officer.

Moby Thesaurus

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