floor

1. (noun) The interior bottom or surface of a house or building; the supporting surface of a room. 2. (noun) Ground (surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky or water or underground). 3. (noun) The lower inside surface of a hollow space. 4. (noun) A structure formed of beams, girders, etc, with proper covering, which divides a building horizontally into storeys/stories. 5. (noun) The supporting surface or platform of a structure such as a bridge. 6. (noun) A storey/story of a building. 7. (noun) In a parliament, the part of the house assigned to the members, as opposed to the viewing gallery. 8. (noun) Hence, the right to speak at a given time during a debate or other public event. 9. (noun) That part of the bottom of a vessel on each side of the keelson which is most nearly horizontal. 10. (noun) The rock underlying a stratified or nearly horizontal deposit. 11. (noun) A horizontal, flat ore body. 12. (noun) The largest integer less than or equal to a given number. 13. (noun) An event performed on a floor-like carpeted surface. 14. (noun) A floor-like carpeted surface for performing gymnastic movements. 15. (noun) A lower limit on the interest rate payable on an otherwise variable-rate loan, used by lenders to defend against falls in interest rates. Opposite of a cap. 16. (noun) A dance floor. 17. (noun) The area in which business is conducted at a convention or exhibition 18. (verb) To cover or furnish with a floor. 19. (verb) To strike down or lay level with the floor; to knock down. 20. (verb) (driving) To accelerate rapidly. 21. (verb) To silence by a conclusive answer or retort. 22. (verb) To amaze or greatly surprise. 23. (verb) To finish or make an end of. 24. (verb) To set a lower bound.