Numb, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Numbed (nŭmd); p. pr. & vb. n.Numbing (nŭm″ĭng).] To make numb; to deprive of the power of sensation or motion; to render senseless or inert; to deaden; to benumb; to stupefy.
For lazy winter numbs the laboring hand. Dryden.
Like dull narcotics, numbing pain. Tennyson.