NUMB
\nˈʌm], \nˈʌm], \n_ˈʌ_m]\
Definitions of NUMB
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
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lacking sensation; "my foot is asleep"; "numb with cold"
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make numb or insensitive; "The shock numbed her senses"
By Princeton University
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lacking sensation; "my foot is asleep"; "numb with cold"
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make numb or insensitive; "The shock numbed her senses"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Enfeebled in, or destitute of, the power of sensation and motion; rendered torpid; benumbed; insensible; as, the fingers or limbs are numb with cold.
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Producing numbness; benumbing; as, the numb, cold night.
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To make numb; to deprive of the power of sensation or motion; to render senseless or inert; to deaden; to benumb; to stupefy.
By Oddity Software
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Enfeebled in, or destitute of, the power of sensation and motion; rendered torpid; benumbed; insensible; as, the fingers or limbs are numb with cold.
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Producing numbness; benumbing; as, the numb, cold night.
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To make numb; to deprive of the power of sensation or motion; to render senseless or inert; to deaden; to benumb; to stupefy.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Deprived of sensation or motion: stupefied: motionless.
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To make numb: to deaden: to render motionless:-pr.p. numbing (num'ing); pa.p. numbed (numd').
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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