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floored

floored is the simple past and past participle of floor.

Adjective

floored (comparative more floored, superlative most floored)

  1. Covered or furnished with a floor.
  2. Struck down or leveled with the floor.
  3. Hung near the base of a wall.
  4. Of a pedal, pushed all the way down, especially to accelerate.
  5. Silenced by a conclusive answer or retort.
  6. Brought to the ground.
  7. Set to a lower bound.
  8. (figuratively, informal) Finished; done for.
  9. (figuratively, informal) Amazed or greatly surprised.
    1. (figuratively, informal) Impressed.
  10. (figuratively, informal) Overpowered.

Meaning of floor

Verb

floor (third-person singular simple present floors, present participle flooring, simple past and past participle floored)

  1. (transitive) To cover or furnish with a floor.
    • floor a house with pine boards
  2. To strike down or lay level with the floor; to knock down.
    • Sam floored him perpetually, and beat his face to a jelly, without getting a scratch.1821, Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, volume 8, page 67
  3. (dated, informal) To hang (a picture on exhibition) near the base of a wall, where it cannot easily be seen.
    Antonyms:
    sky
  4. (slang, transitive, driving) To push (a pedal) down to the floor, especially to accelerate.
    • our driver floored the pedal
  5. (informal, transitive) To silence by a conclusive answer or retort.
    • floor an opponent
  6. (informal, transitive, usually passive voice) To amaze or greatly surprise.
    • We were floored by his confession.

See all 27 meanings of floor

Forms of floored

comparativemore floored
superlativemost floored

Words formed from floored

Phrases with floored

Words that rhyme with floored

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Questions about floored

What does floored mean?
Floored means covered or furnished with a floor.
What is floored the simple past and past participle of?
Floored is the simple past and past participle of floor.
What part of speech is floored?
Floored is an adjective.

Words near floored in the dictionary

  1. floorcloths
  2. floorcovering
  3. floorcoverings
  4. floordrobe
  5. floordrobes
  6. floored
  7. floored it
  8. floorer
  9. floorers
  10. floorful
  11. floorfuls

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