make numb with cold

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• numb — [num] adj. [< ME nome, nomen, pp. of nimen, to take (with unhistoric b): see NOMY] 1. weakened in or deprived of the power of feeling or moving; benumbed; deadened; insensible [numb with cold, numb with grief] 2. having the nature of numbness… …   English World dictionary

• 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 — 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 — adj. & v. adj. (often foll. by with) deprived of feeling or the power of motion (numb with cold). v.tr. 1 make numb. 2 stupefy, paralyse. Phrases and idioms: numb fish = electric ray. Derivatives: numbly adv. numbness n. Etymology: ME nome(n)… …   Useful english dictionary

• 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 — numb1 [nʌm] adj [Date: 1400 1500; Origin: From the past participle of nim to take (11 19 centuries), from Old English niman] 1.) a part of your body that is numb is unable to feel anything, for example because you are very cold ▪ My fingers were… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• 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