floor vs top

floor

noun
  • That part of the bottom of a vessel on each side of the keelson which is most nearly horizontal. 

  • The trading floor of a stock exchange, pit; the area in which business is conducted at a convention or exhibition. 

  • A floor-like carpeted surface for performing gymnastic movements. 

  • The area of an establishment where food and drink are served to customers. 

  • The lower inside surface of a hollow space. 

  • The area of a casino where gambling occurs. 

  • 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. 

  • In a parliament, the part of the house assigned to the members, as opposed to the viewing gallery. 

  • The interior bottom or surface of a house or building; the supporting surface of a room. 

  • The supporting surface or platform of a structure such as a bridge. 

  • A horizontal, flat ore body; the rock underlying a stratified or nearly horizontal deposit. 

  • The bottom of a pit, pothole or mine. 

  • An event performed on a floor-like carpeted surface; floor exercise 

  • A dance floor. 

  • A structure formed of beams, girders, etc, with proper covering, which divides a building horizontally into storeys/stories. 

  • The largest integer less than or equal to a given number. 

  • A storey/story of a building. 

  • Ground (surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky or water or underground). 

  • Hence, the right to speak at a given time during a debate or other public event. 

verb
  • To set a lower bound. 

  • To cover or furnish with a floor. 

  • To amaze or greatly surprise. 

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

  • To push (a pedal) down to the floor, especially to accelerate. 

  • To silence by a conclusive answer or retort. 

  • To finish or make an end of. 

top

noun
  • A framework at the top of a ship's mast to which rigging is attached. 

  • A garment worn to cover the torso. 

  • A stroke on the top of the ball. 

  • The highest or uppermost part of something. 

  • A top quark. 

  • A lid, cap or cover of a container. 

  • A plug, or conical block of wood, with longitudinal grooves on its surface, in which the strands of the rope slide in the process of twisting. 

  • the part of something that is usually the top. 

  • The first half of an inning, during which the home team fields and the visiting team bats. 

  • A forward spin given to the ball by hitting it on or near the top; topspin 

  • (A table at which there is, or which has enough seats for) a group of a specified number of people eating at a restaurant. 

  • A man penetrating or with a preference for penetrating during homosexual intercourse. 

  • A child’s spinning toy; a spinning top. 

  • The utmost degree; the acme; the summit. 

  • Highest pitch or loudest volume. 

  • The part of a cut gem between the girdle, or circumference, and the table, or flat upper surface. 

  • Oral stimulation of the male member, a blowjob. 

  • The uppermost part of a page, picture, viewing screen, etc. 

  • The near end of somewhere 

  • A bundle or ball of slivers of combed wool, from which the noils, or dust, have been taken out. 

  • A dominant partner in a BDSM relationship or roleplay. 

  • The highest rank; the most honourable position; the utmost attainable place. 

verb
  • To anally penetrate in gay sex. 

  • To cut, break, or otherwise take off the top of (a steel ingot) to remove unsound metal. 

  • To strike (the ball) above the centre; also, to make (a stroke, etc.) by hitting the ball in this way. 

  • To commit suicide. 

  • To excel, to surpass, to beat, to exceed. 

  • To murder. 

  • To be in the lead, to be at number one position (of). 

  • To be the dominant partner in a BDSM relationship or roleplay. 

  • To cut or remove the top (as of a tree) 

  • To cover on the top or with a top. 

  • To improve (domestic animals, especially sheep) by crossing certain individuals or breeds with other superior breeds. 

  • To put a stiffening piece or back on (a saw blade). 

  • To raise one end of (a yard, etc.), making it higher than the other. 

  • To cover with another dye. 

  • To strike the top of (an obstacle) with the hind feet while jumping, so as to gain new impetus. 

adv
  • Rated first. 

adj
  • Situated on the top of something. 

  • Best; of the highest quality or rank. 

  • Very good, of high quality, power, or rank. 

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