flɔ: n. & v. --n. 1 a
the lower
surface of a
room. b the boards etc. of
which it is
made. 2 a the
bottom of the
sea, a cave, a
cavity, etc. b
any level area. 3
all the rooms etc. on the
same level of a
building; a
storey (lives on the ground floor; walked up to the
sixth floor). 4 a (in a
legislative assembly) the
part of the
house in which members
sit and from which
they speak. b the
right to speak
next in
debate (gave
him the floor). 5
Stock Exch. the
large central hall where trading takes
place. 6 the
minimum of prices, wages, etc. 7 colloq. the ground. --v.tr. 1
furnish with a floor;
pave. 2
bring to the ground;
knock (a person) down. 3 colloq.
confound,
baffle (was floored by the puzzle). 4 colloq.
get the better
of;
overcome. 5
serve as the floor of (leopard skins floored the hall). øfirst (US second) floor the floor
above the ground floor. floor-lamp US a
standard lamp. floor-leader US the
leader of a party in a legislative
assembly. floor
manager 1 the
stage manager of a
television production. 2 a
shopwalker. floor
plan a
diagram of the rooms etc. on
one storey of a building. floor-polish a manufactured
substance used
for polishing floors. floor
show an
entertainment presented on the floor (as opposed to the stage) of a
nightclub etc. floor-walker US a shopwalker. from the floor (of a
speech etc.)
given by a
member of the
audience,
not by
those on the
platform etc.
take the floor 1
begin to
dance on a dance-floor etc. 2 speak in a debate. øøfloorless adj. [OE flor f. Gmc]
