we were numb with cold

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• 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

• cold — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 lack of heat; low temperature ADJECTIVE ▪ biting, bitter, extreme, freezing ▪ winter VERB + COLD ▪ feel …   Collocations dictionary

• 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

• Nellie Bly — Elizabeth Cochran, aka Nellie Bly c. 1890 Born Elizabeth Jane Cochran May 5, 1864(1864 05 05) Cochrans Mills, Pennsylvania, US …   Wikipedia

• be|numb´ing|ly — be|numb «bih NUHM», transitive verb. 1. to make numb: »My fingers were benumbed by the cold. SYNONYM(S): numb. 2. to stupefy; deaden: »She was benumbed with grief at the death of her pet dog. A pen in his hand…benumbs all his faculties (Samuel… …   Useful english dictionary

• be|numb — «bih NUHM», transitive verb. 1. to make numb: »My fingers were benumbed by the cold. SYNONYM(S): numb. 2. to stupefy; deaden: »She was benumbed with grief at the death of her pet dog. A pen in his hand…benumbs all his faculties (Samuel Johnson).… …   Useful english dictionary

• clumsy — [16] When clumsy first appeared on the scene around 1600, both it and the presumably related but now obsolete clumse were used not only for ‘awkward’ but also for ‘numb with cold’. This, and the fact that the word’s nearest apparent relatives are …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• clumsy — [16] When clumsy first appeared on the scene around 1600, both it and the presumably related but now obsolete clumse were used not only for ‘awkward’ but also for ‘numb with cold’. This, and the fact that the word’s nearest apparent relatives are …   Word origins

• distinguishable — dis|tin|guish|a|ble [ dı stıŋgwıʃəbl ] adjective 1. ) clearly different from other people or things of the same type: Desktop publishing allows you to achieve results that are barely distinguishable from those achieved by professional publishers …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• distinguishable — UK [dɪˈstɪŋɡwɪʃəb(ə)l] / US adjective 1) clearly different from other people or things of the same type Desktop publishing allows you to achieve results that are barely distinguishable from those achieved by professional publishers. 2) easy to… …   English dictionary