floor

n. [ AS. flōr; akin to D. vloer, G. flur field, floor, entrance hall, Icel. flōr 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The surface, or the platform, of a structure on which we walk or travel; as, the floor of a bridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A story of a building. See Story. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Instead of he has the floor, the English say, he is in possession of the house. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Naut.) That part of the bottom of a vessel on each side of the keelson which is most nearly horizontal. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. (Mining) (a) The rock underlying a stratified or nearly horizontal deposit. (b) A horizontal, flat ore body. Raymond. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Floored or crushed by him. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To finish or make an end of; as, to floor a college examination. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

I've floored my little-go work. T. Hughes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Floor space. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a board in the floor.
Syn. -- floor board. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. the floor of an automobile. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a covering for the floor of an automobile.
Syn. -- floor covering. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. provided with a floor. ceilinged [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. knocked down to the floor or ground. [ PJC ]

3. defeated; overwhelmed. [ PJC ]

4. suprised and confounded; nonplused; as, I was floored by the brilliance of the solution. [ PJC ]

n. Anything that floors or upsets a person, as a blow that knocks him down; a conclusive answer or retort; a task that exceeds one's abilities. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. (Naut.) The upper extermities of the floor of a vessel. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A platform; the bottom of a room; a floor; pavement. See Floor, n. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Material for the construction of a floor or floors. [ 1913 Webster ]