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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Floor \Floor\ (fl[=o]r), n. [AS. fl[=o]r; akin to D. vloer, G.
flur field, floor, entrance hall, Icel. fl[=o]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.
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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.
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3. The surface, or the platform, of a structure on which we
walk or travel; as, the floor of a bridge.
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4. A story of a building. See Story.
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5. (Legislative Assemblies)
(a) The part of the house assigned to the members.
(b) The right to speak; as, the gentleman from Iowa has
the floor. [U.S.]
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Note: Instead of he has the floor, the English say, he is in
possession of the house.
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6. (Naut.) That part of the bottom of a vessel on each side
of the keelson which is most nearly horizontal.
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7. (Mining)
(a) The rock underlying a stratified or nearly horizontal
deposit.
(b) A horizontal, flat ore body. --Raymond.
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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.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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.
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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.
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Floored or crushed by him. --Coleridge.
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3. To finish or make an end of; as, to floor a college
examination. [Colloq.]
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I've floored my little-go work. --T. Hughes.
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WordNet floor
n 1: the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room or
hallway); "they needed rugs to cover the bare floors"
[syn: flooring]
2: structure consisting of a room or set of rooms comprising a
single level of a multilevel building; "what level is the
office on?" [syn: level, storey, story]
3: a lower limit; "the government established a wage floor"
[syn: base]
4: the ground on which people and animals move about; "the fire
spared the forest floor"
5: the bottom surface of any a cave or lake etc.
6: the occupants of a floor; "the whole floor complained about
the lack of heat"
7: the parliamentary right to address an assembly; "the
chairman granted him the floor"
8: the legislative hall where members debate and vote and
conduct other business; "there was a motion from the
floor"
9: a large room in a stock exchange where the trading is done;
"he is a floor trader" [syn: trading floor]
v 1: surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off; "I was floored
when I heard that I was promoted" [syn: shock, stun,
ball over, blow out of the water, take aback]
2: knock down with force; "He decked his opponent" [syn: deck,
coldcock, dump, knock down]

Moby Dictionary
addle , agora , amaze , amphitheater , answer , answer conclusively ,
arena , argue down , asphalt , astonish , astound , athletic field ,
auditorium , background , baffle , balcony , bamboozle , band , base ,
basement , basin , basis , bear garden , bearing wall , beat , bed ,
bedding , bedrock , belt , best , bewilder , billiard table , blacktop ,
blow down , blow over , boarding , boggle , border line , bottom ,
bottom price , bound , boundary , boundary condition , boundary line ,
bourn , bowl , bowl down , bowl over , bowling green , boxing ring ,
break boundary , breakoff point , bring down , buffalo , bull ring ,
bulldog , business index , campus , canvas , carpet , cast down ,
catafalque , causeway , ceiling , ceiling price , cement , channel ,
chop down , circumscription , circus , clerestory , cobblestone ,
cockpit , coliseum , colosseum , compass , concrete , confine , confound ,
confuse , confute , conquer , consumer price index , contradict ,
controvert , cost-of-living index , couche , coulee , course , cover ,
crush , cut down , cutoff , cutoff point , dais , dash down , daze ,
dead flat , dead level , deadline , deck , defeat , delimitation ,
demand curve , demolish , deny , destroy , determinant , disconcert ,
dismiss , dispose of , division line , down , drop , drub , dumbfound ,
earth , emplacement , end , entresol , esplanade , estrade , extremity ,
fell , fetch down , field , finish , first floor , flag , flat , flatland ,
flatten , floor covering , floor price , flooring , fond , footing ,
forum , foundation , frontier , fuddle , fundament , fundamental ,
gallery , get , ground , ground floor , grounds , groundwork , gym ,
gymnasium , hall , hardpan , hedge , heliport , hew down ,
high-water mark , hippodrome , homaloid , horizontal , horizontal axis ,
horizontal fault , horizontal line , horizontal parallax ,
horizontal plane , horizontal projection , hustings , inflation ,
inflationary spiral , interface , keep in suspense , knock down ,
knock over , landing , landing pad , landing stage , launching pad ,
lay level , lay low , lay out , layer , ledge , level , level line ,
level plane , lick , limen , limit , limitation , limiting factor , line ,
line of demarcation , lists , locale , low-water mark , lower limit ,
lowest level , march , mark , marketplace , mat , maze , mean sea level ,
measures , metal , mete , mezzanine , mezzanine floor , milieu , minimum ,
mow down , muddle , mystify , nonplus , ocean bottom , open forum ,
overcome , overlayer , overmaster , overmatch , overpower , overset ,
overstory , overthrow , overturn , overwhelm , palaestra ,
parade ground , parquet , parry , parterre , pave , pavement , paving ,
pebble , perplex , pit , place , plain , plane , planking , platform ,
podium , prairie , precinct , precipitate , price ceiling , price index ,
price level , principle , prize ring , prostrate , public square ,
pull down , pulpit , purlieu , put to silence , puzzle , radical , range ,
rase , raze , rebut , reduce to silence , refute , rez-de-chaussee ,
ring , riprap , rising prices , rock bottom , rostrum , rout , rudiment ,
scene , scene of action , scenery , sea level , sea of grass , seam ,
seat , send flying , send headlong , setting , settle , shelf , shock ,
shut up , silence , sill , site , smash all opposition , soapbox ,
solid ground , solid rock , sphere , spread-eagle , squared circle ,
squash , squelch , stadium , stage , stage set , stage setting , start ,
starting line , starting point , step , step terrace , steppe ,
stereobate , stick , story , stratum , street floor , stump , stylobate ,
substratum , substruction , substructure , subvert , superstratum ,
supinate , surfacing , surmount , surprise , table , take down , tar ,
target date , term , terminal date , terminus , terra firma , terrace ,
terrain , theater , thickness , thrash , threshold , throw , throw down ,
tier , tilting ground , tiltyard , time allotment , top price , topple ,
topsoil , tribunal , tribune , trip , trip up , trounce , tumble ,
underbuilding , undercarriage , undergirding , underlayer , undermine ,
underpinning , understory , understratum , understruction ,
understructure , upper limit , upset , walk , water level , whack down ,
whip , worst , wrestling ring , zone