NUMB, adjective 1. Torpid; destitute of the power of sensation and motion; as, the fingers or limbs are numb with cold. 2. Producing numbness; benumbing; as the numb cold night. [Not used nor proper.] NUMB, verb transitive To make torpid; to deprive of the power of sensation or motion; to deaden; to benumb; to stupefy. For lazy winter numbs the laboring hand. And numbing coldness has embraced the ear.
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