The meaning of Numbs

noun

A substance that induces insensitivity to pain.

Usage examples:

Supplements that have the potential to cause major complications in perioperative patients are thos…

adjective

Inducing or relating to insensitivity to pain.

Usage examples:

Anaesthetic drugs and gases

noun

A substance that makes you unable to feel pain

Usage examples:

The operation is performed under anaesthetic., the procedure is carried out under local anaesthetic…

verb

Administer an anaesthetic to (a person or animal), especially so as to induce a loss of consciousness.

Usage examples:

I was called to casualty to anaesthetize a patient

verb

Present participle of anaesthetize

Usage examples:

My doctor said i will not need to be anaesthetized during the procedure., making sure the patient i…

adjective

Relating to the regions around the north pole.

Usage examples:

An arctic explorer

noun

The regions around the north pole.

verb

Deprive of physical or emotional feeling.

Usage examples:

The flood of images and alerts coming through social networks is benumbing us

adjective

Having a sharp, pungent taste or smell; not sweet.

Usage examples:

Raw berries have an intensely bitter flavour

noun

Beer that is strongly flavoured with hops and has a bitter taste, brewed by top fermentation.

Usage examples:

A pint of bitter

adjective

Having a slightly stinging, strong taste, not salty or sweet

Usage examples:

The coffee was bitter., losing the election was a bitter disappointment., she has no bitterness abo…

noun

The action of cutting something.

Usage examples:

The cutting of the cake

adjective

Capable of cutting something.

Usage examples:

The cutting blades of the hedge trimmer

verb

Make an opening, incision, or wound in (something) with a sharp-edged tool or object.

Usage examples:

He cut his toe on a sharp stone

adjective

Causing a loss of force, vitality, or enthusiasm; stultifying.

Usage examples:

A deadening routine

verb

Make (a noise or sensation) less strong or intense.

Usage examples:

Ether was used to deaden the pain

adjective

Making a feeling or a sound less painful or less strong

Usage examples:

The doctor waited for the deadening effect of the anaesthesia to take effect., the deadening sensat…

verb

Make less sensitive.

Usage examples:

Creams to desensitize the skin at the site of the injection

verb

Present participle of desensitize

Usage examples:

Seeing too much violence on television can desensitize people to it.

adjective

Below 0°c.

Usage examples:

Strong winds and freezing temperatures

noun

The freezing point of water (0°c).

Usage examples:

The temperature was well above freezing

verb

(with reference to a liquid) turn or be turned into ice or another solid as a result of extreme cold.

Usage examples:

In the winter the milk froze

adjective

Relating to or denoting the presence or agency of ice, especially in the form of glaciers.

Usage examples:

Thick glacial deposits

noun

A glacial period.

Usage examples:

This then provides the opportunity for milankovich cycles to become the pacemaker of the ice ages, …

adjective

Made or left by a glacier

Usage examples:

Glacial deposits, glacial temperatures, a glacial period, she gave me a glacial stare., the case is…

adjective

Causing a person or part of the body to become partly or wholly incapable of movement.

Usage examples:

The snake's paralysing venom

verb

Cause (a person or part of the body) to become partly or wholly incapable of movement.

Usage examples:

Mrs burrows had been paralysed by a stroke

noun

Causing someone to lose the ability to move or feel

Usage examples:

Paralysing drugs are administered, along with anaesthesia., it can can lead to the full-blown paral…

adjective

Having or showing shrewdness or keen intelligence.

Usage examples:

Her piercing analysis

noun

A small hole in a part of the body, typically other than the ears, made so as to insert a ring, stud, or other piece of jewellery.

Usage examples:

This is the place to get your tattoo or piercing done

verb

(of a sharp pointed object) go into or through (something).

Usage examples:

A splinter had pierced the skin

adjective

Relating to the north or south pole.

Usage examples:

The polar regions

noun

The straight line joining the two points at which tangents from a fixed point touch a conic section.

Usage examples:

Sturm's theoretical work in mathematical physics involved the study of caustic curves, and poles an…

adjective

Of or near the area around the most northern or most southern points of the earth

Usage examples:

The polar ice cap, a polar expedition, fig. the play’s main characters are polar opposites (= they …

adjective

(of food) not cooked.

Usage examples:

Raw eggs