numb
/nʌm/ verbe C1En français : engourdir, endormir, anesthésier
- To cause to become numb (physically or emotionally). · The dentist gave me novocaine to numb my tooth before drilling, thank goodness.· When I first heard the news, I was numbed by the shock.
- To cause (a feeling) to be less intense. · He turned to alcohol to numb his pain.
- To cause (the mind, faculties, etc.) to be less acute.
- To become numb (especially physically).
He/she/it numbs · Prétérit numbed · Participe passé numbed · Forme en -ing numbing
Formes du verbe
- Forme de base
- numb
- He/she/it
- numbs
- Prétérit
- numbed
- Participe passé
- numbed
- Forme en -ing
- numbing
Verbes à particule et expressions
Dans la bibliothèque
The older man seemed numbed and dazed with a heavy, sullen expression upon his strongly-marked face.
Hitherto I had been acting, and action had numbed thought.
You remember the kind of numb cold which used to come at evening, a deadly, sickening sort of cold, very different from a crisp healthy frost.
Sir Henry and I held out our hands to it, for we were numb from our long drive.
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