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# numb

«numb» in Mova's school dictionary: **a part of your body cannot feel anything, for example…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (numb, number — rare, numbest); verb (numb, numbs, numbed, numbing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Numb means a part of your body cannot feel anything, for example from cold or from medicine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/numb/#m1)

2) Numb means feeling no emotion for a while, after a shock or sad news. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/numb/#m2)

3) To numb is to make a part of the body lose feeling. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/numb/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In health and safety lessons: very cold fingers or toes that go numb and white may be frostbite, so warm them slowly and tell an adult; dentists numb your mouth with an injection so fillings do not hurt; sitting on your leg can make it numb (pins and needles). In stories, numb shows a character in shock. Phrases: go numb, numb with cold, numb with shock.

### examples

- My fingers went numb in the snow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/numb/#x1)
- The dentist numbed my tooth before the filling. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/numb/#x2)
- My leg is numb because I sat on it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/numb/#x3)
- She felt numb when she heard the sad news. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/numb/#x4)
- Put on gloves before your hands go numb. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/numb/#x5)
- The cold water made my feet numb. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/numb/#x6)
- The cream numbs the skin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/numb/#x7)
- He was numb with shock after the accident. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/numb/#x8)
- Her little hands were almost numbed with cold. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/numb/#x9)

### note

The b is silent: pronounced «num». Trap: the comparative «number» (more numb) is spelled the same as number (1, 2, 3) but said differently; it is rarely used, say «more numb». Noun: numbness.

### In the corpora

- [A local anaesthetic only numbs one part of the body, and the person stays awake.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/21-hospitals-operations-and-serious-illness/10/)
- [Theo said he'd been «at the dentist», but he had no sticker, no leaflet, no numb mouth.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/450-too-many-details-too-few/19/)
- [Feeling gutted, angry or numb when a parent lets you down is normal.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/517-the-parent-who-left-and-a-new-partner/39/)
- [Numbing cream put on about an hour before makes the skin numb so a needle or cannula hurts less.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/28-the-hospital-ward-operations-and-anaesthetic/8/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «numb» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/numb/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.