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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  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.
        [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]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  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.
        [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]
  
     Note: 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]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Floor \Floor\, n. [AS. fl?r; akin to D. vloer, G. flur field,
     floor, entrance hall, Icel. fl?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.
  
     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.
  
     3. The surface, or the platform, of a structure on which we
        walk or travel; as, the floor of a bridge.
  
     4. A story of a building. See Story.
  
     5. (Legislative Assemblies)
        (a) The part of the house assigned to the members.
        (b) The right to speak. [U.S.]
  
     Note: Instead of he has the floor, the English say, he is in
           possession of the house.
  
     6. (Naut.) That part of the bottom of a vessel on each side
        of the keelson which is most nearly horizontal.
  
     7. (Mining)
        (a) The rock underlying a stratified or nearly horizontal
            deposit.
        (b) A horizontal, flat ore body. --Raymond.
  
     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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  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.
  
     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.
  
              Floored or crushed by him.            --Coleridge.
  
     3. To finish or make an end of; as, to floor a college
        examination. [Colloq.]
  
              I've floored my little-go work.       --T. Hughes.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  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]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  floor
     Αγγλικά n.
     1 ο όροφος, το πάτωμα
     2 το δάπεδο, το πάτωμα
     Αγγλικά vb.
     (μτβ) στρώνω το πάτωμα

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  floor
     n.
     1 The interior bottom or surface of a house or building; the
  supporting surface of a room.
     2 (lb en biology) The ground (gl: surface of the Earth).
     3 The lower inside surface of a hollow space.
     4 A structure formed of beams, girders, etc, with proper covering,
  which divides a building horizontally into storeys/story.
     5 The supporting surface or platform of a structure such as a bridge.
     6 A storey/story of a building.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To cover or furnish with a floor.
     2 To strike down or lay level with the floor; to knock down.

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  Floor
     Dutch n.
     (given name nl female)
     German Low German n.
     1 A hallway or entrance to a house.
     2 The floor of a hallway or corridor connecting various rooms in a
  house.
     3 tile.
     4 A stone slab.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  floor
     n.
     1 The interior bottom or surface of a house or building; the
  supporting surface of a room.
     2 (lb en biology) The ground (gl: surface of the Earth).
     3 The lower inside surface of a hollow space.
     4 A structure formed of beams, girders, etc, with proper covering,
  which divides a building horizontally into storeys/story.
     5 The supporting surface or platform of a structure such as a bridge.
     6 A storey/story of a building.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To cover or furnish with a floor.
     2 To strike down or lay level with the floor; to knock down.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  floor
     n.
     1 The interior bottom or surface of a house or building; the
  supporting surface of a room.
     2 (lb en biology) The ground (gl: surface of the Earth).
     3 The lower inside surface of a hollow space.
     4 A structure formed of beams, girders, etc, with proper covering,
  which divides a building horizontally into storeys/story.
     5 The supporting surface or platform of a structure such as a bridge.
     6 A storey/story of a building.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To cover or furnish with a floor.
     2 To strike down or lay level with the floor; to knock down.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  Floor
     Dutch n.
     (given name nl female)
     German Low German n.
     1 A hallway or entrance to a house.
     2 The floor of a hallway or corridor connecting various rooms in a
  house.
     3 tile.
     4 A stone slab.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  floor
     n.
     1 The interior bottom or surface of a house or building; the
  supporting surface of a room.
     2 (lb en biology) The ground (gl: surface of the Earth).
     3 The lower inside surface of a hollow space.
     4 A structure formed of beams, girders, etc, with proper covering,
  which divides a building horizontally into storeys/story.
     5 The supporting surface or platform of a structure such as a bridge.
     6 A storey/story of a building.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To cover or furnish with a floor.
     2 To strike down or lay level with the floor; to knock down.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  Floor
     Dutch n.
     (given name nl female)
     German Low German n.
     1 A hallway or entrance to a house.
     2 The floor of a hallway or corridor connecting various rooms in a
  house.
     3 tile.
     4 A stone slab.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  floor
     Englanti n.
     1 lattia
     2 kerros
     3 alaraja, minimitaso
     4 maanpinta; (meren) pohja
     5 parlamentin istuntosali (vastakohtana lehtereille); → (kuva)
  puheenvuoro
     Englanti vb.
     1 iskeä lattiaan
     2 tyrmätä

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  floor
     Engelska n.
     1 golv
     2 våning

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  floor /flˈɔː/
  verdieping

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Floor /flˈɔː/
  الأرضية

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  floor //flo(ː)ɹ// //floə// //floɹ// //floʊ// //flɔː// /[flo̞ɹ]/ 
  1. под
  bottom part of a room
  2. дъ́но
  lower inside surface of a hollow space
  3. ду́ма
  right to speak
  4. осно́ва
  supporting surface of a structure
  5. земя́, повъ́рхност, су́ша
  surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky or water or underground

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  floor //flo(ː)ɹ// //floə// //floɹ// //floʊ// //flɔː// /[flo̞ɹ]/ 
  1. преодолявам
  colloquial: to finish or make an end of
  2. настилам
  cover with a floor
  3. повалям
  strike down

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  floor /flˈɔː/ 
  uzemnit

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  floor /flˈɔː/
  země

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  floor /flˈɔː/ 
  dno

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  floor /flˈɔː/
  podlaží

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  floor /flˈɔː/ 
  poschodí

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  floor /flˈɔː/ 
  podlaha

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  floor /flˈɔː/ 
  patro

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  floor /flˈɔː/
  zasedací síň

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 : [ freedict:eng-cym ]


  floor /flˈɔː/ 
  llorio

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 : [ freedict:eng-cym ]


  floor /flˈɔː/ 
  llawr

From English-Danish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.0 : [ freedict:eng-dan ]


  floor /flˈɔː/ 
  gulv