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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Numb \Numb\ (n[u^]m), a. [OE. nume, nome, prop., seized, taken,
     p. p. of nimen to take, AS. niman, p. p. numen. [root]7. See
     Nimble, Nomad, and cf. Benumb.]
     [1913 Webster]
     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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Producing numbness; benumbing; as, the numb, cold night.
        [Obs.] --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Numb \Numb\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Numbed (n[u^]md); p. pr. &
     vb. n. Numbing (n[u^]m"[i^]ng).]
     To make numb; to deprive of the power of sensation or motion;
     to render senseless or inert; to deaden; to benumb; to
     stupefy.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           For lazy winter numbs the laboring hand. --Dryden.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Like dull narcotics, numbing pain.       --Tennyson.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Numb \Numb\, a. [OE. nume, nome, prop., seized, taken, p. p. of
     nimen to take, AS. niman, p. p. numen. [root]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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  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. --Dryden.
  
           Like dull narcotics, numbing pain.       --Tennyson.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  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]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  numb
     Αγγλικά vb.
     μουδιάζω

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  numb
     a.
     1 physical unable to feel, not having the power of sensation.
     2 emotion unable to feel or respond in a normal way.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To cause to become numb (physically or
  emotionally).
     2 (lb en transitive) To cause (a feeling) to be less intense.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  numb
     a.
     1 physical unable to feel, not having the power of sensation.
     2 emotion unable to feel or respond in a normal way.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To cause to become numb (physically or
  emotionally).
     2 (lb en transitive) To cause (a feeling) to be less intense.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  numb
     a.
     1 physical unable to feel, not having the power of sensation.
     2 emotion unable to feel or respond in a normal way.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To cause to become numb (physically or
  emotionally).
     2 (lb en transitive) To cause (a feeling) to be less intense.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  numb
     a.
     1 physical unable to feel, not having the power of sensation.
     2 emotion unable to feel or respond in a normal way.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To cause to become numb (physically or
  emotionally).
     2 (lb en transitive) To cause (a feeling) to be less intense.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  numb
     Englanti a.
     1 tunnoton, puutunut
     2 (yhteys vanhentunut k=en) puuduttava
     Englanti vb.
     1 (yhteys myös psyykkisesti k=en) turruttaa, puuduttaa
     2 (yhteys kuva k=en) tylsyttää (toimintakykyä tai vastaavaa)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  numb
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en nim ordform=perfpart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb nim)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Numb /nˈʌm/
  خدران

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  numb //nʌm// 
  вцепенен
  physically unable to feel

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  numb //nʌm// 
  вкочанясвам, вцепенявам
  to cause to become numb