1. The property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals
   "he had a number of chores to do"; "the number of parameters is small"
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1. Add up in number or quantity
   - total, add up, come, amount 
2. Give numbers to
   "You should number the pages of the thesis" 
3. Enumerate
   "We must number the names of the great mathematicians"
   - list 
4. Put into a group
   - count 
5. Determine the number or amount of
   - count, enumerate, numerate 
6. Place a limit on the number of
   - keep down

1. Lacking sensation
   "numb with cold"
   - asleep, benumbed 
2. (followed by 'to') not showing human feeling or sensitivity; unresponsive
   "numb to the cries for mercy"
   - dead 
3. So frightened as to be unable to move; stunned or paralysed with terror; petrified
   "too numb with fear to move"

Derived forms: numbered, numbers, numbering

See also: afraid, 'fraid [non-standard], insensible, insensitive, numbering, numbly, numbness, numerical

Type of: amount, ascertain, assort, be, circumscribe, class, classify, company, confine, definite quantity, denominate, designate, determine, find, find out, grammatical category, identify, limit, merchandise, name, performance, periodical, positive identification, product, public presentation, separate, sign, signal, signaling [US], signalling, size, sort, sort out, symbol, syntactic category, ware

Part of: serial, serial publication, series

Encyclopedia: Numb

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