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FLOOR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure)
Example:
we spread our sleeping bags on the dry floor of the tent
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("floor" is a kind of...):
horizontal surface; level (a flat surface at right angles to a plumb line)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "floor"):
bell deck (a floor under the bells of an open belfry)
dance floor (a bare floor polished for dancing)
floorboard (the floor of an automobile)
parquet; parquet floor (a floor made of parquetry)
truck bed (the floor or bottom of a wagon or truck or trailer)
Holonyms ("floor" is a part of...):
hall; hallway (an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open)
room (an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling)
Derivation:
floor (knock down with force)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale
Example:
what level is the office on?
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("floor" is a kind of...):
construction; structure (a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "floor"):
entresol; mezzanine; mezzanine floor (intermediate floor just above the ground floor)
loft (floor consisting of a large unpartitioned space over a factory or warehouse or other commercial space)
attic; garret; loft (floor consisting of open space at the top of a house just below roof; often used for storage)
first floor; ground floor; ground level (the floor of a building that is at or nearest to the level of the ground around the building)
basement; cellar (the lowermost portion of a structure partly or wholly below ground level; often used for storage)
Holonyms ("floor" is a part of...):
building; edifice (a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A large room in a exchange where the trading is done
Example:
he is a floor trader
Synonyms:
floor; trading floor
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("floor" is a kind of...):
room (an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling)
Holonyms ("floor" is a part of...):
exchange (a workplace for buying and selling; open only to members)
Sense 4
Meaning:
The legislative hall where members debate and vote and conduct other business
Example:
there was a motion from the floor
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("floor" is a kind of...):
hall (a large room for gatherings or entertainment)
Sense 5
Meaning:
The parliamentary right to address an assembly
Example:
the chairman granted him the floor
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("floor" is a kind of...):
right (an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature)
Sense 6
Meaning:
A lower limit
Example:
the government established a wage floor
Synonyms:
base; floor
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("floor" is a kind of...):
control (the economic policy of controlling or limiting or curbing prices or wages etc.)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "floor"):
price floor (floor below which prices are not allowed to fall)
wage floor (floor below which wages are not allowed to fall)
Sense 7
Meaning:
The occupants of a floor
Example:
the whole floor complained about the lack of heat
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("floor" is a kind of...):
assemblage; gathering (a group of persons together in one place)
Sense 8
Meaning:
The bottom surface of any lake or other body of water
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("floor" is a kind of...):
Earth's surface; surface (the outermost level of the land or sea)
Holonyms ("floor" is a part of...):
lake (a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land)
Sense 9
Meaning:
The ground on which people and animals move about
Example:
the fire spared the forest floor
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("floor" is a kind of...):
dry land; earth; ground; land; solid ground; terra firma (the solid part of the earth's surface)
Derivation:
floor (knock down with force)
Sense 10
Meaning:
The lower inside surface of any hollow structure
Example:
the floor of the cave
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("floor" is a kind of...):
Earth's surface; surface (the outermost level of the land or sea)
Holonyms ("floor" is a part of...):
cave (a geological formation consisting of an underground enclosure with access from the surface of the ground or from the sea)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they floor ... he / she / it floors
Past simple: floored
Past participle: floored
-ing form: flooring
Sense 1
Meaning:
Knock down with force
Example:
He decked his opponent
Synonyms:
coldcock; deck; dump; floor; knock down
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "floor" is one way to...):
beat (hit repeatedly)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Sentence example:
The fighter managed to floor his opponent
Derivation:
floor (the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure))
floor (the ground on which people and animals move about)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off
Example:
I was floored when I heard that I was promoted
Synonyms:
ball over; blow out of the water; floor; shock; take aback
Classified under:
Hypernyms (to "floor" is one way to...):
surprise (cause to be surprised)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "floor"):
galvanise; galvanize; startle (to stimulate to action)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Sentence examples:
The bad news will floor him
The good news will floor her
The performance is likely to floor Sue
Context examples:
The remains of the half-finished creature, whom I had destroyed, lay scattered on the floor, and I almost felt as if I had mangled the living flesh of a human being.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
Even now, he sat with the glass of wine untasted on his knee, and his eyes directed to a corner of the floor.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
The man glared round him, staggered, and fell senseless upon the floor.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The pelvic floor can become weak or be injured.
(Pelvic Support Problems, NIH: National Institute of Child Health and Human Development)
The subserous connective tissue of the pelvic floor of the supracervical portion of the uterus.
(Parametrium, NCI Thesaurus)
Most oral cancers begin in the tongue and in the floor of the mouth.
(Oral Cancer, NIH: National Cancer Institute)
A reduction in the strength of the muscles of the pelvic floor.
(Pelvic Floor Muscle Weakness, NCI Thesaurus)
A disorder characterized by a reduction in the strength of the muscles of the pelvic floor.
(Pelvic Floor Muscle Weakness, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)
They had scarce reached it, however, ere they found that the wooden joists and planks of the flooring were already on fire.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
How hollow it sounded when we jumped down on to the wooden floor!
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
