Definitions for the word "Floor" from multiple English dictionaries.
1. n.
The bottom or lower part of any room; the part upon which we stand and upon which the movables in the room are supported.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
The surface, or the platform, of a structure on which we walk or travel; as, the floor of a bridge.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
A story of a building. See Story.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
The part of the house assigned to the members.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. n.
The right to speak.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. n.
That part of the bottom of a vessel on each side of the keelson which is most nearly horizontal.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. n.
The rock underlying a stratified or nearly horizontal deposit.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. n.
A horizontal, flat ore body.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
10. v. t.
To cover with a floor; to furnish with a floor; as, to floor a house with pine boards.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
11. v. t.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
12. v. t.
To finish or make an end of; as, to floor a college examination.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
13. n.
1 lower supporting surface of a room. 2 a bottom of the sea, a cave, etc. B any level area. 3 all the rooms etc. On one level of a building; storey. 4 a (in a legislative assembly) place where members sit and speak. B right to speak next in a debate (gave him the floor). 5 minimum of prices, wages, etc. 6 colloq. Ground. v. 1 provide with a floor; pave. 2 knock or bring (a person) down. 3 colloq. Confound, baffle. 4 colloq. Overcome. 5 serve as the floor of (lino floored the hall). from the floor (of a speech etc.) Given by a member of the audience. Take the floor 1 begin to dance. 2 speak in a debate. [old english]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
14. slang
to knock down.—_Pugilistic._
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864
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