GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   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”.
   
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   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”.
   
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   Floored or crushed by him. Coleridge.
   
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   3. To finish or make an end of; as, “to floor a college examination”. [Colloq.]
   
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   I've floored my little-go work. T. Hughes.
   
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   floored adj.
   1. provided with a floor. ceilinged
   
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   2. knocked down to the floor or ground.
   
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   3. defeated; overwhelmed.
   
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   4. suprised and confounded; nonplused; as, “I was floored by the brilliance of the solution”.
   
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