Numb /(nŭm)/

Numb

a.
  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.
  2. Producing numbness; benumbing; as, the numb, cold night. [Obs.]

Numb

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Numbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Numbing

  1. 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.
    Like dull narcotics, numbing pain.