fingers numb with cold

См. также в других словарях:

• numb — numb1 [ nʌm ] adjective 1. ) a part of your body that is numb has no feeling: After hours of sitting on the floor, her legs had gone numb. numb with: fingers numb with cold 2. ) not able to react or to show your emotions, often because of an… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• numb — I UK [nʌm] / US adjective 1) a part of your body that is numb has no feeling After hours of sitting on the floor, her legs had gone numb. numb with: fingers numb with cold 2) not able to react or to show your emotions, often because of an extreme …   English dictionary

• numb — numbly, adv. numbness, n. /num/, adj. number, numbest, v. adj. 1. deprived of physical sensation or the ability to move: fingers numb with cold. 2. manifesting or resembling numbness: a numb sensation. 3. incapable of action or of feeling… …   Universalium

• numb — [[t]nʌm[/t]] adj. numb•er, numb•est, v. 1) cvb pat deprived of sensation, as by anesthesia: fingers numb with cold[/ex] 2) cvb incapable of feeling emotion 3) to make numb • Etymology: 1400–50; late ME nome lit., taken, seized, var. of nomen,… …   From formal English to slang

• numb — /nʌm / (say num) adjective 1. deprived of or deficient in the power of sensation and movement: fingers numb with cold. 2. of the nature of numbness: a numb sensation. –verb (t) 3. to make numb. {Middle English nome, literally, taken, seized,… …  

• Numb — (n[u^]m), a. [OE. nume, nome, prop., seized, taken, p. p. of nimen to take, AS. niman, p. p. numen. [root]7. See {Nimble}, {Nomad}, and cf. {Benumb}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Enfeebled in, or destitute of, the power of sensation and motion; rendered… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• numb´ness — numb «nuhm», adjective, verb. –adj. having lost the power of feeling or moving: »My fingers are numb with cold. SYNONYM(S): deadened, insensible, benumbed. –v.t. 1. to make numb: »arms and ankles,…numbed and stiff with…binding (Daniel Defoe). 2.… …   Useful english dictionary

• numb´ly — numb «nuhm», adjective, verb. –adj. having lost the power of feeling or moving: »My fingers are numb with cold. SYNONYM(S): deadened, insensible, benumbed. –v.t. 1. to make numb: »arms and ankles,…numbed and stiff with…binding (Daniel Defoe). 2.… …   Useful english dictionary

• numb — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} verb Numb is used with these nouns as the object: ↑mind, ↑pain {{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}} adj. 1 unable to feel pain VERBS ▪ be, feel ▪ Robin s hand felt numb with cold …   Collocations dictionary

• numb — 1 adjective 1 a part of your body that is numb is unable to feel anything, for example because you are very cold: My fingers were so numb I could hardly write. | The anaesthetic had made his whole face go numb. 2 unable to think, feel, or react… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• numb — [[t]nʌ̱m[/t]] numbs, numbing, numbed 1) ADJ GRADED: usu v link ADJ If a part of your body is numb, you cannot feel anything there. He could feel his fingers growing numb at their tips... My legs felt numb and my toes ached. Derived words:… …   English dictionary