Numb /(nŭm)/
Numb
a.
- Enfeebled in, or destitute of, the power of sensation and motion; rendered torpid; benumbed; insensible; as, the fingers or limbs are numb with cold.
- Producing numbness; benumbing; as, the numb, cold night. [Obs.]
Numb
v. t.
imp. & p. p. Numbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Numbing
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To make numb; to deprive of the power of sensation or motion; to render senseless or inert; to deaden; to benumb; to stupefy.
For lazy winter numbs the laboring hand.
Like dull narcotics, numbing pain.