Definitions of floor
-
To
cover
with
a
floor;
to
furnish
with
a
floor;
as,
to
floor
a
house
with
pine
boards.
-
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.
-
To
finish
or
make
an
end
of;
as,
to
floor
a
college
examination.
-
To
cover
with
a
floor;
strike
down;
hence,
put
to
silence.
-
To
cover
with
a
floor;
to
furnish
with
a
floor;
as,
to
floor
a
house
with
pine
boards;
to
strike
down
or
lay
level
with
the
floor;
to
beat;
to
conquer;
as,
to
floor
an
antagonist; (
fig.)
to
put
to
silence
by
some
decisive
argument,
retort,
etc.;
to
overcome
in
any
way;
to
overthrow; “
One
question
floored
successively
almost
every
witness
in
favor
of
abolition
to
whom
it
was
addressed."-
Sat.
Rev.; “
The
express
object
of
his
visit
was
to
know
how
he
could
knock
religion
over
and
floor
the
Established
Church."-
Dickens:
to
go
through;
to
make
an
end
of;
to
finish; “
I've
floored
my
little-
go
work.”-
Hughes; “
I
have
a
few
bottles
of
old
wine
left,
we
may
as
well
floor
them.”-
Macmillan's
Mag.
-
To
furnish
with
a
floor.
-
To
provide
with
a
floor.
-
To
throw
to
the
floor;
overthrow;
vanquish.
-
knock
down
with
force; "
He
decked
his
opponent"
-
To
furnish
with
a
floor;
to
strike
down;
to
beat;
to
put
down
or
silence
by
some
decisive
argument;
to
finish.
-
To
lay
with
a
floor;
to
knock
down;
to
silence
an
opponent.
-
structure
consisting
of
a
room
or
set
of
rooms
comprising
a
single
level
of
a
multilevel
building; "
what
level
is
the
office
on?"
-
a
large
room
in
a
stock
exchange
where
the
trading
is
done; "
he
is
a
floor
trader"
-
the
legislative
hall
where
members
debate
and
vote
and
conduct
other
business; "
there
was
a
motion
from
the
floor"
-
the
parliamentary
right
to
address
an
assembly; "
the
chairman
granted
him
the
floor"
-
the
occupants
of
a
floor; "
the
whole
floor
complained
about
the
lack
of
heat"
-
the
bottom
surface
of
any
a
cave
or
lake
etc.
-
the
ground
on
which
people
and
animals
move
about; "
the
fire
spared
the
forest
floor"
-
The
bottom
or
lower
part
of
any
room;
the
part
upon
which
we
stand
and
upon
which
the
movables
in
the
room
are
supported.
-
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.
-
The
surface,
or
the
platform,
of
a
structure
on
which
we
walk
or
travel;
as,
the
floor
of
a
bridge.
-
A
story
of
a
building.
See
Story.
-
The
part
of
the
house
assigned
to
the
members.
-
The
right
to
speak.
-
The
rock
underlying
a
stratified
or
nearly
horizontal
deposit.
-
A
horizontal,
flat
ore
body.
-
The
bottom
surface
of
a
room
or
house
on
which
one
treads;
story
of
a
house;
a
level
suite
or
set
of
rooms;
any
smooth
or
level
area;
pavement;
the
part
of
a
legislative
or
lawmaking
chamber
occupied
by
the
members.
-
That
part
of
a
building
or
room
on
which
we
walk;
the
bottom
or
lower
part,
consisting
in
modern
houses
of
boards,
planks,
pavement,
asphalte,
etc.;
a
platform
of
boards
or
planks
laid
on
timbers,
as
in
a
bridge;
any
similar
platform;
a
story
in
a
building;
a
suite
of
rooms
on
a
level;
as,
the
first
or
second
floor; (
naut.)
that
part
of
the
bottom
of
a
vessel
on
each
side
of
the
keelson
which
is
most
nearly
horizontal;
in
legislative
assemblies,
the
part
of
the
house
assigned
to
the
members. (
U.
S.)-
TO
HAVE
OR
GET
THE
FLOOR,
in
the
United
States
Congress.
to
have
or
obtain
an
opportunity
of
taking
part
in
a
debate;
equivalent
to
the
English
phrase,
to
be
in
possession
of
the
house. "
Mr.
T.
claimed
that
he
had
the
floor."-
New
York
Herald.
-
Bottom
of
a
room;
platform;
story
of
a
house.
-
The
bottom
surface
in
a
room
or
building;
also,
a
story.
-
Space
appropriated
to
members;
the
right
to
speak.
-
That
part
of
a
building
or
room
on
which
we
walk;
a
platform,
as
of
boards
or
planks
laid
on
timbers;
a
story
in
a
building;
the
bottom
of
a
vessel
on
each
side
of
the
keelson,
nearly
horizontal.
-
That
part
of
a
house
or
room
on
which
we
walk;
a
story;
a
series
of
rooms
on
the
same
level.
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