word-vault/dist/data/cards/nu/numb.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "numb",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "if a part of your body is numb, you cannot feel anything in it, for example because of cold",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to **be/go numb**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "numb with cold"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I've just been to the dentist and my face is still numb."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His fingers were beginning to go numb."
                },
                {
                    "text": "My legs were numb from kneeling."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "feel", "become"],
                "adverb": ["almost", "comfortably"],
                "preposition": ["from"],
                "phrases": ["numb with (the) cold"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "unable to feel, think or react in the normal way",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He felt numb with shock."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her voice sounded numb."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The news left us numb and confused."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Laura felt totally numb."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He felt numb with weariness and grief."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "feel", "leave somebody"],
                "preposition": ["with"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/nʌm/",
                "audio": "nu/numb/numb__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/nʌm/",
                "audio": "nu/numb/numb__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English nome(n), past participle of obsolete nim ‘take’."
}