numb

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 so numb I could hardly write.
▪ The anaesthetic made his whole face go numb .
2.) unable to think, feel, or react in a normal way
numb with shock/fear/terror etc
▪ I just sat there, numb with fear.
>numbly adv
▪ She watched numbly as Matt walked away.
>numbness n [U]
▪ It caused some numbness in my hand.
numb 2
numb2 v [T]
1.) to make someone unable to feel pain or feel things they are touching
▪ The cold had numbed her fingers.
▪ the numbing effect of the drug
2.) to make someone unable to think, feel, or react in a normal way
▪ He was numbed by the shock of his wife's death.

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