Click to Hear how to Say "Numb" in Spanish |
Entumecido |
Pronunciation : Numb
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [OE. nume, nome, prop., seized, taken, p. p. of nimen to take, AS. niman, p. p. numen. *7. See Nimble, Nomad, and cf. Benumb.]
Definition : 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Numb
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: 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.
t. [imp. & p. p. Numbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Numbing.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
No comments so far. You can be the first!