numb

numb
1. adjective
(without sensation) gefühllos, taub (with vor + Dat.); (fig.): (without emotion) benommen
2. transitive verb
[Kälte, Schock:] gefühllos machen; [Narkosemittel:] betäuben
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1. adjective
(not able to feel or move: My arm has gone numb; She was numb with cold.) taub
2. verb
(to make numb: The cold numbed her fingers.) taub machen
- academic.ru/89519/numbly">numbly
- numbness
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numb
[nʌm]
I. adj
1. limbs taub
\numb with cold taub vor Kälte
to feel \numb limbs sich akk taub anfühlen
to go \numb limbs taub werden, einschlafen
2. (torpid) benommen
to feel \numb sich akk benommen fühlen
3. (shocked)
to be \numb with disbelief ungläubig starren
to be \numb with grief vor Schmerz wie betäubt sein
II. vt
1. (deprive of feeling)
to \numb sth limbs etw taub machen
\numbed with grief (fig) vor Schmerz ganz starr
to \numb sb jdn [emotional] abstumpfen
to be \numbed by sth durch etw akk abgestumpft sein
3. (lessen)
to \numb the pain den Schmerz betäuben
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[nʌm]
1. adj (+er)
taub, empfindungslos, gefühllos; feeling taub; (emotionally) benommen, wie betäubt

hands numb with cold — Hände, die vor Kälte taub or gefühllos sind

numb with grief — starr or wie betäubt vor Schmerz

numb with disbelief — starr vor Ungläubigkeit

2. vt
(cold) taub or gefühllos machen; (injection, fig) betäuben

numbed with fear/grief — starr vor Furcht/Schmerz

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numb [nʌm]
A adj
1. starr, erstarrt (with vor Kälte etc), taub (Finger etc):
be numb with fear starr vor Angst sein
2. fig
a) betäubt:
be numb with grief wie betäubt vor Schmerz sein
b) abgestumpft sein
B v/t
1. starr oder taub machen, erstarren lassen
2. fig
a) betäuben
b) abstumpfen
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1. adjective
(without sensation) gefühllos, taub (with vor + Dat.); (fig.): (without emotion) benommen
2. transitive verb
[Kälte, Schock:] gefühllos machen; [Narkosemittel:] betäuben
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v.
betäuben v.

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