floored

verb

1. 1

   To cover or furnish with a floor.

   “floor a house with pine boards”

2. 2

   To strike down or lay level with the floor; to knock down.

3. 3

   (driving) To accelerate rapidly.

   “As soon as our driver saw an insurgent in a car holding a detonation device, he floored the pedal and was 2,000 feet away when that car bomb exploded. We escaped certain death in the nick of time!”

4. 4

   To silence by a conclusive answer or retort.

   “Floored or crushed by him. — Coleridge”

5. 5

   To amaze or greatly surprise.

   “We were floored by his confession.”

6. 6

   To finish or make an end of.

   “I've floored my little-go work — ed Hughes”

7. 7

   To set a lower bound.