2 entries under this word

Numb

Nŭmb, a.

adjective

(nŭm), a. [O. Eng. num, dull, stupid, benumbed, from A-S. niman, nioman, to take, seize, nim, p. p. numen. See BENUMB.]

Enfeebled in, or destitute of, the power of sensation and motion; torpid; as, the fingers or limbs are numb with cold.
Producing numbness; benumbing; as, the numb, cold night. [Obs.] Shak.

Syn.— Torpid; paralyzed; benumbed; chill; motionless.

Nŭmb, v. t.

verbtransitive

(nŭm), v. t. [imp. & p. p. NUMBED; p. pr. & vb. n. NUMBING.] To make torpid; to deprive of, or weaken, the power of sensation or motion; to deaden; to benumb; to stupefy. “Like dull narcotics, numbing pain.” Tennyson.

For lazy winter numbs the laboring hand. Dryden.