floor
1. the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure) (Freq. 38)
- they needed rugs to cover the bare floors
- we spread our sleeping bags on the dry floor of the tent
• Syn:
flooring
• Hypernyms:
horizontal surface, level
• Hyponyms:
bell deck, dance floor, floorboard, parquet, parquet floor, truck bed
• Part Holonyms:
room, hallway, hall
2. a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale (Freq. 16)
- what level is the office on?
• Syn:
level, storey, story
• Hypernyms:
structure, construction
• Hyponyms:
basement, cellar, ground floor, first floor, ground level,
loft, attic, garret, mezzanine, mezzanine floor, entresol
• Part Holonyms:
building, edifice
3. a lower limit (Freq. 3)
- the government established a wage floor
• Syn:
base
• Hypernyms:
control
• Hyponyms:
price floor, wage floor
4. the ground on which people and animals move about (Freq. 2)
- the fire spared the forest floor
• Hypernyms:
land, dry land, earth, ground, solid ground, terra firma
5. the bottom surface of any lake or other body of water (Freq. 1)
• Hypernyms:
surface, Earth's surface
• Part Holonyms:
lake
6. the lower inside surface of any hollow structure
- the floor of the pelvis
- the floor of the cave
• Hypernyms:
surface, Earth's surface
• Part Holonyms:
cave
7. the occupants of a floor
- the whole floor complained about the lack of heat
• Hypernyms:
gathering, assemblage
8. the parliamentary right to address an assembly
- the chairman granted him the floor
• Hypernyms:
right
9. the legislative hall where members debate and vote and conduct other business
- there was a motion from the floor
• Hypernyms:
hall
10. a large room in a exchange where the trading is done
- he is a floor trader
• Syn:
trading floor
• Hypernyms:
room
• Part Holonyms:
exchange
1. surprise greatly;
knock someone's socks off
- I was floored when I heard that I was promoted
• Syn:
shock, ball over, blow out of the water, take aback
• Derivationally related forms:
shock (for: shock)
• Hypernyms:
surprise
• Hyponyms:
startle, galvanize, galvanise
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- The bad news will floor him
- The good news will floor her
- The performance is likely to floor Sue
2. knock down with force
- He decked his opponent
• Syn:
deck, coldcock, dump, knock down
• Derivationally related forms:
knockdown (for: knock down)
• Hypernyms:
beat
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- The fighter managed to floor his opponent
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