anesthetized; lacking sensitivity (to pain); in shock; senseless
cause to be numb, make insensitive (to pain), anesthetize
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Numb Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(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.
To make numb; to deprive of the power of sensation or motion; to render senseless or inert; to deaden; to benumb; to stupefy.
(a.)
Producing numbness; benumbing; as, the numb, cold night.
Producing numbness; benumbing; as, the numb, cold night.
(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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutEnfeebled in, or destitute of, the power of sensation and motion; rendered torpid; benumbed; insensible; as, the fingers or limbs are numb with cold.
numb
\numb\ (?), a. [oe. nume, nome, prop., seized, taken, p. p. of nimen to take, as. niman, p. p. numen. ?7. see nimble, nomad, and cf. benumb.]
1. enfeebled in, or destitute of, the power of sensation and motion; rendered torpid; benumbed; insensible; as, the fingers or limbs are numb with cold. "a stony image, cold and numb."
2. producing numbness; benumbing; as, the numb, cold night. [obs.]
numb
\numb\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. numbed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. numbing (?).] 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.
numb
adj
1. lacking sensation; "my foot is asleep"; "numb with cold" [syn: asleep(p) , benumbed]
2. (followed by `to') not showing human feeling or sensitivity; unresponsive; "passersby were dead to our plea for help"; "numb to the cries for mercy" [syn: dead(p) , numb(p) ]
3. so frightened as to be unable to move; stunned or paralyzed with terror; "petrified with fear"; "she was petrified by the eerie sound"; "too numb with fear to move" [syn: petrified]
v : make numb or insensitive; "the shock numbed her senses" [syn: benumb, blunt, dull]
Verb
1. make numb or insensitive; "The shock numbed her senses"
(synonym) benumb, blunt, dull
(hypernym) desensitize, desensitise
Adjective
1. lacking sensation; "my foot is asleep"; "numb with cold"
(synonym) asleep(p), benumbed
(similar) insensible
2. (followed by `to') not showing human feeling or sensitivity; unresponsive; "passersby were dead to our plea for help"; "numb to the cries for mercy"
(synonym) dead(p), numb(p)
(similar) insensitive
3. so frightened as to be unable to move; stunned or paralyzed with terror; "petrified with fear"; "she was petrified by the eerie sound"; "too numb with fear to move"
(synonym) petrified
(similar) afraid(p)
Numb Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Numb may refer to:
- Having deficient psychological or physical sensation
- NUMB (gene), a human gene
- Numb (film), a 2007 film starring Matthew Perry
- Northwestern University Wildcat Marching Band, or NUMB
- Numb (magazine), an arts and literary magazine
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"Numb/Encore" is a song by American rapper Jay-Z and rock band Linkin Park from their album Collision Course, (2004). It was released as a single on November 16, 2004, by Warner Bros. and Roc-A-Fella Records. The song, which combines lyrics from Linkin Park's 2003 single "Numb" and "Encore" by Jay-Z, also featured background vocals by Kanye West.
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