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floored
[flawrd]
adjective
covered or furnished with a floor.
The house even has a floored attic with two usable rooms.
brought down to the floor or ground; knocked down.
The boxer dealt a finishing blow to his floored opponent.
(of an accelerator pedal) pushed down all the way to the floor of a vehicle, for maximum speed or power.
In these low-end sports cars there’s still significant lag in response to a floored gas pedal.
nonplussed or puzzled.
The goalie was shy and not interested in the spotlight—he seemed floored when I asked him to sign my son's jersey.
(of an argument) shown to be untenable; overthrown.
You claim to have saved money by not buying a new car, but given how much you’ve spent on repairs, this seems a floored argument.
Stock Exchange, Banking., being, having, or involving a floating interest rate for which a minimum level has been set.
If your mortgage has a floored rate, your interest rate will not drop below that rate even if the base rate falls.
verb
the simple past tense and past participle of floor.
Word History and Origins
Origin of floored1
Example Sentences
A particularly heavy barrage floored Yarde and the champion was rightly penalised for the late punch.
Why, it wasn’t so long ago that Brewer floored everybody else on the women’s soccer team when each player shared how old they were when the pandemic hit.
Arthur was floored by a left hook flush on the chin in the second round, rising shakily to his feet on the count of eight.
The man put it in gear and floored it.
“We were floored,” said a state official who is familiar with the matter, but not authorized to speak publicly.
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