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Meaning of FLOOR

Pronunciation:  flowr

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room or hallway); "they needed rugs to cover the bare floors"
  2. [n]  structure consisting of a room or set of rooms comprising a single level of a multilevel building; "what level is the office on?"
  3. [n]  a large room in a stock exchange where the trading is done; "he is a floor trader"
  4. [n]  the legislative hall where members debate and vote and conduct other business; "there was a motion from the floor"
  5. [n]  the parliamentary right to address an assembly; "the chairman granted him the floor"
  6. [n]  a lower limit; "the government established a wage floor"
  7. [n]  the occupants of a floor; "the whole floor complained about the lack of heat"
  8. [n]  the bottom surface of any a cave or lake etc.
  9. [n]  the ground on which people and animals move about; "the fire spared the forest floor"
  10. [v]  knock down with force; "He decked his opponent"
  11. [v]  surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off
 
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 Synonyms: ball over, base, blow out of the water, coldcock, deck, dump, flooring, knock down, shock, storey, story, stun, take aback, trading floor
 
 See Also: assemblage, attic, basement, beat, bell deck, building, cave, cellar, construction, control, dance floor, dry land, earth, Earth's surface, edifice, first floor, floorboard, galvanise, galvanize, garret, gathering, ground, ground floor, ground level, hall, hallway, horizontal surface, land, level, loft, mezzanine, mezzanine floor, parquet, parquet floor, price floor, right, room, solid ground, startle, structure, surface, surprise, terra firma, truck bed, wage floor

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \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.

  2. \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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Dream Dictionary
 
 Definition: Seeing the floor in your dream, represents your support. It may also represent the division between the unconscious and conscious. Seeing a polished, wooden floor in your dream indicates that you are fully aware of your unconscious and keeping it suppressed. Seeing a slanted floor in your dream, foretells that you are deviating too far from your original plans and goals.
 
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