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numb - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'numb' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . 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.
2 . Numb [ v. t.]
- To make numb; to deprive of the power of sensation or motion; to render senseless or inert; to deaden; to benumb; to stupefy.

Meaning of 'numb' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . numb [ v]
Meaning (1):
- make numb or insensitive
Example in sentence:
  • The shock numbed her senses
2 . numb [ s]
Meaning (2):
- lacking sensation
Example in sentence:
  • my foot is asleep;
  • numb with cold
Meaning (3):
- (followed by `to') not showing human feeling or sensitivity; unresponsive
Example in sentence:
  • numb to the cries for mercy;
  • passersby were dead to our plea for help
Meaning (4):
- so frightened as to be unable to move; stunned or paralyzed with terror; petrified
Example in sentence:
  • too numb with fear to move