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Noun floor has 9 senses

floor, flooring - the inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room or hallway); "they needed rugs to cover the bare floors"
--₁ is a kind of horizontal surface, level
--₁ is a part of room; hallway, hall
--₁ has particulars:
bell deck; dance floor; floorboard; parquet, parquet floor; truck bed

Derived form: verb floor₂
floor, level, storey, story - structure consisting of a room or set of rooms comprising a single level of a multilevel building; "what level is the office on?"
--₂ is a kind of structure, construction
--₂ is a part of building, edifice
--₂ has particulars:
basement, cellar; ground floor, first floor, ground level; loft, attic, garret; loft; mezzanine, mezzanine floor
floor, base - a lower limit; "the government established a wage floor"
--₃ is a kind of control
--₃ has particulars: price floor; wage floor
floor - the ground on which people and animals move about; "the fire spared the forest floor"
--₄ is a kind of land, dry land, earth, ground, solid ground, terra firma

Derived form: verb floor₂
floor - the bottom surface of any a cave or lake etc.
--₅ is a kind of surface, Earth's surface
--₅ is a part of cave
floor - the occupants of a floor; "the whole floor complained about the lack of heat"
--₆ is a kind of gathering, assemblage
floor - the parliamentary right to address an assembly; "the chairman granted him the floor"
--₇ is a kind of right
floor - the legislative hall where members debate and vote and conduct other business; "there was a motion from the floor"
--₈ is a kind of hall
floor, trading floor - a large room in a stock exchange where the trading is done; "he is a floor trader"
--₉ is a kind of room

Verb floor has 2 senses

shock, stun, floor, ball over, blow out of the water, take aback - surprise greatly; knock someone's socks off; "I was floored when I heard that I was promoted"
--₁ is one way to surprise
Sample sentences:
The bad news will floor him
The good news will floor her
The performance is likely to floor Sue
deck, coldcock, dump, knock down, floor - knock down with force; "He decked his opponent"
--₂ is one way to beat

Derived forms: noun floor₄, noun floor₁
Sample sentence:
The fighter managed to floor his opponent