# floored

Pronunciation: US say "FLORD" /flɔɹd/; UK say "FLAWD" /flɔːd/

## Adjective

1. Greatly amazed or surprised, often to the point of being unable to react. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: So surprised that you can hardly speak or move.
   - _She was absolutely floored by the size of the inheritance._
   - _When the results came in, the analysts sat there floored._
3. Describing a pedal pressed to its limit, especially an accelerator pushed down for maximum speed.
   - Simple: Pushed down as far as it will go, like a gas pedal when you speed up.
   - _The accelerator stayed floored as the racer entered the straightaway._
   - _Even with the pedal floored, the old truck barely climbed the hill._
4. Struck down or brought level with the floor.
   - Simple: Knocked down flat onto the ground.
   - _He was floored in the third round and counted out._
   - _The troublemaker was floored by the bouncer's single blow._
5. Brought down to the ground.
   - Simple: Knocked down to the ground.
   - _Caught off balance, she was floored by a single shove._
   - _The charging ram left the boy floored in the mud._
6. Having had a floor laid or fitted, or a floor covering put down.
   - Simple: Having a floor put in or covered with flooring.
   - _The barn was floored with wide pine planks last spring._
   - _Once the loft was fully floored, they began moving furniture in._
7. Finished or done for; utterly defeated. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: Beaten so badly that it is all over and there is no way to go on.
   - _With its funding cut, the project was floored before it even launched._
   - _He knew he was floored the moment the auditors arrived._
8. Left speechless by an answer or retort that settles the matter.
   - Simple: Left with nothing to say after someone's strong reply.
   - _The lawyer was floored by the witness's calm, precise reply._
   - _Floored by the rebuttal, he had no follow-up question ready._
9. Overpowered or overwhelmed. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: Beaten by something too strong to fight.
   - _The garrison was floored by the sheer number of besiegers._
   - _Floored by exhaustion, the runners collapsed past the finish line._
10. Set so that it cannot fall below a fixed minimum value.
   - Simple: Kept from going below a set lowest value.
   - _The interest rate is floored at two percent under the contract._
   - _In the model, any negative output is floored at zero._
11. Hung near the base of a wall, close to the floor.
   - Simple: Hung low down, near the bottom of a wall.
   - _The long tapestries were floored beneath the windows, almost touching the ground._
   - _Floored at the room's edge, the panels guided visitors toward the exit._

## Verb

2. Simple past and past participle of floor. — simple past and past participle of floor
   - Simple: Past tense and past participle of floor. Use it for something that already happened.
   - _Her blunt answer floored the entire panel._
   - _The workers floored the loft before winter set in._

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