| numb | 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. "A stony image, cold and numb." 2. Producing numbness; benumbing; as, the numb, cold night. Origin: OE. Nume, nome, prop, seized, taken, p. P. Of nimen to take, AS. Niman, p. P. Numen. 7. See Nimble, Nomad, and cf. Benumb. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| number | 1. To count; to reckon; to ascertain the units of; to enumerate. "If a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered." (Gen. Xiii. 16) 2. To reckon as one of a collection or multitude. "He was numbered with the transgressors." (Is. Liii. 12) 3. To give or apply a number or numbers to; to assign the place of in a series by order of number; to designate the place of by a number or numeral; as, to number the houses in a street, or the apartments in a building. 4. To amount; to equal in number; to contain; to consist of; as, the army numbers fifty thousand. "Thy tears can not number the dead." (Campbell) Numbering machine, a machine for printing consecutive numbers, as on railway tickets, bank bills, etc. Synonym: To count, enumerate, calculate, tell. Origin: OE. Nombren, noumbren, F. Nombrer, fr. L. Numerare, numeratum. See Number. 1. That which admits of being counted or reckoned; a unit, or an aggregate of units; a numerable aggregate or collection of individuals; an assemblage made up of distinct things expressible by figures. 2. A collection of many individuals; a numerous assemblage; a multitude; many. "Ladies are always of great use to the party they espouse, and never fail to win over numbers." (Addison) 3. A numeral; a word or character denoting a number; as, to put a number on a door. 4. Numerousness; multitude. "Number itself importeth not much in armies where the people are of weak courage." (Bacon) 5. The state or quality of being numerable or countable. "Of whom came nations, tribes, people, and kindreds out of number." (2 Esdras III. 7) 6. Quantity, regarded as made up of an aggregate of separate things. 7. That which is regulated by count; poetic measure, as divisions of time or number of syllables; hence, poetry, verse; chiefly used in the plural. "I lisped in numbers, for the numbers came." (Pope) 8. The distinction of objects, as one, or more than one (in some languages, as one, or two, or more than two), expressed (usually) by a difference in the form of a word; thus, the singular number and the plural number are the names of the forms of a word indicating the objects denoted or referred to by the word as one, or as more than one. 9. <mathematics> The measure of the relation between quantities or things of the same kind; that abstract species of quantity which is capable of being expressed by figures; numerical value. Abstract number, Abundant number, Cardinal number, etc. See Abstract, Abundant, etc. In numbers, in numbered parts; as, a book published in numbers. Origin: OE. Nombre, F. Nombre, L. Numerus; akin to Gr. That which is dealt out, fr. To deal out, distribute. See Numb, Nomad, and cf. Numerate, Numero, Numerous. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| numbfish | <zoology> The torpedo, which numbs by the electric shocks which it gives. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| numbness | Indefinite term for abnormal sensation, including absent or reduced sensory perception as well as paresthesias. (05 Mar 2000) |
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asleep(p): lacking sensation; "my foot is asleep"; "numb with cold" dead(p): (followed by `to') not showing human feeling or sensitivity; unresponsive; "passersby were dead to our plea for help"; "numb to the cries for mercy" make numb or insensitive; "The shock numbed her senses" petrified: 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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the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals; "he had a number of chores to do"; "the number of parameters is small"; "the figure was about a thousand" a concept of quantity derived from zero and units; "every number has a unique position in the sequence" act: a short theatrical performance that is part of a longer program; "he did his act three times every evening"; "she had a catchy little routine"; "it was one of the best numbers he ever did" a numeral or string of numerals that is used for identification; "she refused to give them her Social Security number" phone number: the number is used in calling a particular telephone; "he has an unlisted number" numeral: a symbol used to represent a number; "he learned to write the numerals before he went to school" total: add up in number or quantity; "The bills amounted to $2,000"; "The bill came to $2,000" give numbers to; "You should number the pages of the thesis" issue: one of a series published periodically; "she found an old issue of the magazine in her dentist's waiting room" enumerate; "We must number the names of the great mathematicians" a select company of people; "I hope to become one of their number before I die" the grammatical category for the forms of nouns and pronouns and verbs that are used depending on the number of entities involved (singular or dual or plural); "in English the subject and the verb must agree in number" count: put into a group; "The academy counts several Nobel Prize winners among its members" an item of merchandise offered for sale; "she preferred the black nylon number"; "this sweater is an all-wool number" count: determine the number or amount of; "Can you count the books on your shelf?"; "Count your change" place a limit on the number of a clothing measurement; "a number 13 shoe"
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partial or total lack of sensation in a part of the body; a symptom of nerve damage or dysfunction apathy: the trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally
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Number in linguistics is a grammatical category that can affects lexemes such as nouns, adjectives, pronouns and verbs. For nouns and pronouns, number specifies – to some degree of accuracy – the quantity of instances of the referent (e.g. one instance = cat; many instances = cats). For verbs the number usually refers to the quantity of a linked noun or pronoun (usually the subject of the verb). ...
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The group of four letters assigned to every merchant ship for identification purposes.
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| numb | make numb or insensitive |
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| numb | so frightened as to be unable to move |
| numb | lacking sensation |
| numb | (followed by `to') not showing human feeling or sensitivity |
| numb | small Australian marsupial having long snout and strong claws for feeding on termites |
| numb | an item of merchandise offered for sale |
| numb | (informal) a clothing measurement |
| numb | the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals |
| numb | the grammatical category for the forms of nouns and pronouns and verbs that are used depending on the number of entities involved (singular or dual or plural) |
| numb | a numeral or string of numerals that is used for identification |
| numb | the number is used in calling a particular telephone |
| numb | one of a series published periodically |
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