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adjective | verb numbnumb1 /nʌm/ ●●○ adjective ETYMOLOGYnumb1Origin: 1400-1500 From the past participle of nim to take (11-19 centuries), from Old English niman ► go numb They gave me an injection to make my mouth go numb. ► numb with cold My fingers were numb with cold. ► went numb I went numb. I didn’t know what to feel. 1a part of your body that is numb is unable to feel anything, for example because you are very cold: They gave me an injection to make my mouth go numb.numb with My fingers were numb with cold.2unable to think, feel, or react in a normal way: I went numb. I didn’t know what to feel.—numbly adverb—numbness noun [uncountable] adjective | verb numbnumb2 verb [transitive] VERB TABLEnumb |
Present | I, you, we, they | numb | | he, she, it | numbs | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | numbed | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have numbed | | he, she, it | has numbed | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had numbed | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will numb | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have numbed |
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Present | I | am numbing | | he, she, it | is numbing | | you, we, they | are numbing | Past | I, he, she, it | was numbing | | you, we, they | were numbing | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been numbing | | he, she, it | has been numbing | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been numbing | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be numbing | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been numbing |
1to make someone unable to feel pain or feel things that he or she is touching: The cold wind numbed my face and hands.2to make someone unable to think, feel, or react in a normal way: The prisoners were numbed by their years in jail. |