ENGLISH: numb - CREOLE: dòmi



Overview of verb numb



The verb numb has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)



1. numb, benumb, blunt, dull -- (make numb or insensitive; "The shock numbed her senses")



Overview of adj numb



The adj numb has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)



1. (3) asleep, benumbed, numb -- (lacking sensation; "my foot is asleep"; "numb with cold")

2. dead, numb -- ((followed by `to') not showing human feeling or sensitivity; unresponsive; "passersby were dead to our plea for help"; "numb to the cries for mercy")

3. petrified, numb -- (so frightened as to be unable to move; stunned or paralyzed with terror; "petrified with fear"; "she was petrified by the eerie sound"; "too numb with fear to move")

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