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UK
/nˈʌm/
]
[ US /ˈnəm/ ]
[ US /ˈnəm/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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lacking sensation
numb with cold
my foot is asleep -
(followed by `to') not showing human feeling or sensitivity; unresponsive
numb to the cries for mercy
passersby were dead to our plea for help -
so frightened as to be unable to move; stunned or paralyzed with terror; petrified
too numb with fear to move
VERB
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make numb or insensitive
The shock numbed her senses
How To Use numb In A Sentence
- When the new foods that came from the Americas - peppers, summer squash and especially tomatoes - took hold in the region, a number of closely related dishes were born, including what we call ratatouille - and a man from La Mancha calls pisto, an Ikarian Greek calls soufiko and a Turk calls turlu. NYT > Home Page
- Their dried dung is found everywhere, and is in many places the only fuel afforded by the plains; their skulls, which last longer than any other part of the animal, are among the most familiar of objects to the plainsman; their bones are in many districts so plentiful that it has become a regular industry, followed by hundreds of men (christened "bone hunters" by the frontiersmen), to go out with wagons and collect them in great numbers for the sake of the phosphates they yield; and Bad Lands, plateaus, and prairies alike, are cut up in all directions by the deep ruts which were formerly buffalo trails. VIII. The Lordly Buffalo
- The resettlement fee shall be calculated according to the number of agricultural population to be resettled.
- I guess the suddenness of it all kind of numbed me to it a little. Casting clues and possible solutions
- Equally badly behaved, but a little calmer and better informed, were the massive numbers from the labor unions.
- Email and Net abuse at work have become the number one reason why UK employees face the sack, according to a survey out today.
- Based on the number of coffee cans I found in his garbage a few weeks ago, I'd say he drinks 8-9 pots of coffee every day, or about 30 shots of espresso.
- Striking that balance between old and new will always be difficult, but after a few numbers here, memories of their old bandmaster begin to fade.
- Among our number, there must be some who can bring home to the viewers the value and fascination of history as an art and science.
- Not only by the immense number of adherents that were won to his views during his lifetime, but also by the literary productions he left behind him, Tsong K'aba's influence has been great during the last five centuries of Tibetan history. With the Tibetans in Tent and Temple: Narrative of Four Years' Residence on the Tibetan Borders, and of a Journey into the Far Interior