Category:Numb

Numb, a. Etym: [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." Shak.

2. Producing numbness; benumbing; as, the numb, cold night. [obs.] Shak.

Numb Numb, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Numbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Numbing.]

Defn: 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. Dryden. Like dull narcotics, numbing pain. Tennyson.