numb
adjective/nʌm/
/nʌm/
- if a part of your body is numb, you cannot feel anything in it, for example because of cold
- to be/go numb
- numb with cold
- I've just been to the dentist and my face is still numb.
Extra Examples- His fingers were beginning to go numb.
- My legs were numb from kneeling.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- feel
- become
- …
- almost
- comfortably
- from
- numb with (the) cold
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- unable to feel, think or react in the normal way
- He felt numb with shock.
Extra Examples- Her voice sounded numb.
- The news left us numb and confused.
- Laura felt totally numb.
- He felt numb with weariness and grief.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- feel
- leave somebody
- …
- with
see also numbing
Word Originlate Middle English nome(n), past participle of obsolete nim ‘take’.
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