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| floor [ flawr ] |
noun (plural floors) |
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1. part of room to walk on: the flat horizontal part of a room on which people walk
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2. story: all the rooms on one level of a building
  an office on the fourth floor
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3. level area: a flat open space for an activity or for seating
Are your seats in the stands or on the floor?
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4. geography natural ground level: the ground at the bottom of an ocean, lake, cave, valley, or forest
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5. politics part of legislature where members sit: the part of the building housing a legislative body where the members sit and where official debates and discussions take place
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6. stock exchange place where securities are traded: the part of a stock exchange where securities, futures, or options contracts are traded
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7. manufacturing working area of factory: the area of a factory where workers manufacture or assemble products
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8. commerce part of store for merchandise display: the part of a retail store where merchandise is displayed and sold
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9. dance
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informal
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Same as dance floor
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10. people present at meeting: all the people present in the audience at a meeting, as opposed to the main speakers
I'll take questions from the floor later.
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11. finance lowest limit: a lower limit, e.g. on an interest rate or the value of an asset
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12. U.K. automotive
Same as floorboard (sense 2)
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transitive verb (past and past participle floored, present participle floor·ing, 3rd person present singular floors) |
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1. astonish somebody: to make somebody feel astonished and unable to react
He was floored by the announcement of the changes.
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2. boxing knock down: to knock somebody down with a punch
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3. automotive press accelerator down hard: to depress a motor vehicle's accelerator as far as it will go in order to increase speed to the maximum
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slang
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| [ Old English flōr< Indo-European, "flat"] |
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| floor·er noun |
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have the floor to address a meeting, or have the right to address a meeting
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take the floor
1. to rise to speak to a group of people
2. to begin to dance, e.g. in a ballroom or nightclub
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wipe or mop (up) the floor with somebody to defeat somebody completely and decisively (informal)
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