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floor

/flɔr/ /flɔː/
  1. 1
    (birini) şaşkına çevirmek, afallatmak Informal

    To surprise or confuse someone so much that the person does not know what to say or do.

    • I was completely floored by her question.
      Sorusu karşısında tamamen afalladım.
    • The news of his resignation floored everyone in the office.
      İstifa haberi ofisteki herkesi şaşkına çevirdi.
  2. 2
    yere sermek, yere yıkmak

    To knock someone down so that the person falls to the ground.

    • He floored his opponent in the second round.
      Rakibini ikinci rauntta yere serdi.
    • A huge wave floored me as I walked into the sea.
      Denize girerken dev bir dalga beni yere yıktı.
  3. 3
    (zemini) döşemek, (zemini bir malzemeyle) kaplamak

    To put a floor or a floor covering in a room or building.

    • The kitchen is floored with grey stone tiles.
      Mutfağın zemini gri taş fayanslarla kaplı.
    • We floored the attic so that we could use it for storage.
      Depo olarak kullanabilmek için tavan arasının zeminini döşedik.
  4. 4
    gaza sonuna kadar basmak Informal

    To press the accelerator of a car down as far as it will go.

    • When the light turned green, he floored it.
      Işık yeşile dönünce gaza sonuna kadar bastı.
    • She floored the accelerator to get up the steep hill.
      Dik yokuşu çıkmak için gaza sonuna kadar bastı.

Verb Forms Regular

Base floor
/flɔr/
Past floored
/flɔrd/
Participle floored
/flɔrd/
Spelling rule

Add ‑edfloor → floored

Fiilin sonuna -ed eklenir.

Same rule: work → worked · want → wanted · help → helped

Pronunciation of -ed
/t/worked /d/played /ɪd/wanted

Fiil yumuşak (ötümlü) bir ünsüzle, /r/ sesiyle bittiği için -ed /d/ okunur; yeni hece eklenmez. floored /flɔrd/

Synonyms

Collocations

be floored by somethingcompletely flooredfloor someone with a questionfloor an opponentbe floored with tilesfloor it

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