adj. & v.
--adj. (often foll. by with) deprived of feeling or the power of motion (numb with cold).
--v.tr.
1. make numb.
2 stupefy, paralyse.
Phrases and idioms:
numb-fish electric ray.
Derivatives:
numbly adv. numbness n.
Etymology: ME nome(n) past part. of nim take: for -b cf. THUMB