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Meaning of "benumb" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BENUMB

benumb  [bɪˈnʌm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BENUMB

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Benumb is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb benumb in English.

WHAT DOES BENUMB MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of benumb in the English dictionary

The definition of benumb in the dictionary is to make numb or powerless; deaden physical feeling in, as by cold. Other definition of benumb is to make inactive; stupefy.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO BENUMB

PRESENT

Present
I benumb
you benumb
he/she/it benumbs
we benumb
you benumb
they benumb
Present continuous
I am benumbing
you are benumbing
he/she/it is benumbing
we are benumbing
you are benumbing
they are benumbing
Present perfect
I have benumbed
you have benumbed
he/she/it has benumbed
we have benumbed
you have benumbed
they have benumbed
Present perfect continuous
I have been benumbing
you have been benumbing
he/she/it has been benumbing
we have been benumbing
you have been benumbing
they have been benumbing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I benumbed
you benumbed
he/she/it benumbed
we benumbed
you benumbed
they benumbed
Past continuous
I was benumbing
you were benumbing
he/she/it was benumbing
we were benumbing
you were benumbing
they were benumbing
Past perfect
I had benumbed
you had benumbed
he/she/it had benumbed
we had benumbed
you had benumbed
they had benumbed
Past perfect continuous
I had been benumbing
you had been benumbing
he/she/it had been benumbing
we had been benumbing
you had been benumbing
they had been benumbing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will benumb
you will benumb
he/she/it will benumb
we will benumb
you will benumb
they will benumb
Future continuous
I will be benumbing
you will be benumbing
he/she/it will be benumbing
we will be benumbing
you will be benumbing
they will be benumbing
Future perfect
I will have benumbed
you will have benumbed
he/she/it will have benumbed
we will have benumbed
you will have benumbed
they will have benumbed
Future perfect continuous
I will have been benumbing
you will have been benumbing
he/she/it will have been benumbing
we will have been benumbing
you will have been benumbing
they will have been benumbing
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would benumb
you would benumb
he/she/it would benumb
we would benumb
you would benumb
they would benumb
Conditional continuous
I would be benumbing
you would be benumbing
he/she/it would be benumbing
we would be benumbing
you would be benumbing
they would be benumbing
Conditional perfect
I would have benumb
you would have benumb
he/she/it would have benumb
we would have benumb
you would have benumb
they would have benumb
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been benumbing
you would have been benumbing
he/she/it would have been benumbing
we would have been benumbing
you would have been benumbing
they would have been benumbing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you benumb
we let´s benumb
you benumb
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to benumb
Past participle
benumbed
Present Participle
benumbing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BENUMB


numb
nʌm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BENUMB

bento
bento box
Benton
bentonite
bentonitic
bentwood
benty
Benue
Benue-Congo
benumbed
benumbedness
benumbingly
benumbment
Benxi
Benz
benzal
benzaldehyde
benzanthracene
Benzedrine
benzene

WORDS THAT END LIKE BENUMB

bedumb
bethumb
breadcrumb
crumb
deaf-and-dumb
dumb
green thumb
hop-o´-my-thumb
lady´s-thumb
miller´s thumb
Northumb
plumb
replumb
rhumb
rule of thumb
rule-of-thumb
succumb
thumb
Tom Thumb
under someone´s thumb

Synonyms and antonyms of benumb in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «BENUMB»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «benumb» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of benumb

Translation of «benumb» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BENUMB

Find out the translation of benumb to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of benumb from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «benumb» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

麻痹
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

benumb
570 millions of speakers

English

benumb
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

benumb
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

benumb
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

оцепенение
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

embota
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অবশ করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

engourdir
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Benumb
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

betäuben
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

benumb
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

benumb
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Benumb
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

làm tê
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உணர்வற்றதாகச் செய்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बेनीम
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

hissizleştirmek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

intorpidire
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

znieczulenia
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

заціпеніння
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

amorți
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μουδιάζω
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

verstijven
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

benumb
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

benumb
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of benumb

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BENUMB»

The term «benumb» is normally little used and occupies the 116.448 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of benumb
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BENUMB» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «benumb» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «benumb» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about benumb

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BENUMB»

Discover the use of benumb in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to benumb and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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CMJ New Music Report
NY 88.9 FM Brian Ferry 315.341.2f01 HATEBREED BURNT BY THE SUN HEAVEN SHALL BURN POISON THE WELL BLACK LABEL SOCIE CANNIBAL CORPSE BENUMB/PIG DESTRO ANGEL DUST HEADSTRONG UGHT IS THE LANG ...
2
CMJ New Music Report
CT 88 7 FM Mike Hall 203.934.8888 CANNIBAL CORPSE BLACK LABEL SOCIE BENUMB/PIG DESTRO BURNT BY THE SUN POISON THE WELL LOCK UP PENTAGRAM WNRN Charlottesville. VA 91 .9 FM Nl Gauthier 804.971.4096 ...
3
CMJ New Music Report
... BENUMB/PIG DESTRO ONWARD NINE INCH NAILS BENUMB/PIG DESTRO BENUMB/PIG DESTRO CANNIBAL CORPSE BORKNAGAR CAVITY SINISTER KING DIAMOND DOWN LOCKUP THRICE DRY KILL LOGIC CONVERGE KING  ...
4
CMJ New Music Report
... ANGEL DUST THIS DAY FORWARD BENUMB/PIG DESTRO HATEBREED CANNIBAL CORPSE PUDDLE OF MUDD FIVE POINTE O POISON THE WELL HYPOCRISY ARCH ENEMY HEAVEN SHALL BURN BENUMB/PIG DESTRO KING ...
5
CMJ New Music Report
KY 88.1 FM Carlie Shannon 859.257.1557 BOLT THROWER MENTAL HORROR LOCK UP HEAVEN SHALL BURN PHOBIA DEW SCENTED BENUMB/PIG DESTRO CARNAL FORGE MEGADETH KING DIAMOND WRFM Blue Bell.
6
CMJ New Music Report
... SIX FEET UNDER RAPTURE HAUNTED OPETH AMONAMARTH MERAUDER STRAFPNG YOUNGL BENUMB NILE OLD MANS CHLD WICR NewRochette.NY610AM TomSwenson 914.6332369 ...
7
CMJ New Music Report
... BROTHERS HAUNTED CAUBAN STRAPPING YOUNG L STRAPPING YOUNG L BENUMB GRADE 8 VOIVOD CREMATORIUM ASGAROTH AMONAMARTH HAUNTED aaLDWELLER BEHEMOTH THE END BEHEMOTH SHADOWS FALL ...
8
CMJ New Music Report
... LANG THIS DAY FORWARD ALL THAT REMAINS STRIFE GENOCIDE SS QUEEN OF THE DAMN HYPOCRISY MOTORHEAO BENUMB/PIG DESTRO CON Forest City, IA 91.9 FM Lee Jones 515.582.8196 36 CRAZYFISTS DEADSY LOST ...
9
CMJ New Music Report
CHIMAIRA PHOBIA BOLT THROWER BETHLEHEM 3RD STRIKE BLACK LABEL SOCIE CLOCKED IN CARNAL FORGE NEUROSIS MUSHROOMHEAD ROB ZOMBIE APEX THEORY AMON AMARTH SAXON EMPEROR BENUMB/ PIG ...
10
CMJ New Music Report
KNUT MOST PRECIOUS BLO BENUMB/PIG DESTRO FU MANCHU ENTOMBED WEEZER SLAUGHTER AND THE KREATOR 3RD STRIKE HATEBREED THRICE CONTAGIOUS ORGASM REMEMBERING NEVER FLESHCRAWL POISON ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BENUMB»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term benumb is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Poetry on the Western Front in 'Testament of Youth'
Later the horror and guilt and monochromatic cinematography benumb her. Rather than continue her classes in literature at Oxford while ... «Boston Globe, Jun 15»
2
Storms never last, or do they?
The changes are so sudden even in the summer that from being warm it will be so cold as to benumb the body before fire can be made to warm ... «Castle Rock Newspress, Jun 15»
3
Rahul May Just Have Put BJP on the Defensive
Farmer suicides evoke a kind of melodrama which has begun to benumb the readers of the press or viewers of the TV news media. Worse ... «NDTV, May 15»
4
Obama Presides over the Stupefying of America
stu•pe•fy (v.) - to put into a state of little or no sensibility; benumb the faculties of; put into a stupor; also, to overwhelm with amazement; astound; ... «Canada Free Press, Mar 15»
5
On America as idea and as history
Focusing too much on the big picture can benumb our feeling for just how awful certain episodes of American history have been at their point of ... «National Review Online, Feb 15»
6
Venice Film Review: 'Leopardi'
... in Italy's complex 19th-century past via films meant to go beyond the kind of rote history lessons that too often benumb uninspired students. «Variety, Sep 14»
7
A Nation of Shopkeepers
... and the mind is not suffered to fall into that drowsy stupidity, which, in a civilized society, seems to benumb the understanding of the people. «Gold Seek, Aug 14»
8
I am a Hindu and Allah (SWT) dwells in my heart
Because, if a man smells this flower, its odour will stimulate and cheer each part of his body; but, if a man tastes this flower, it will benumb his ... «The Express Tribune, Jul 14»
9
Women Swiftly Running Out Of Things That Aren't Sexy
... warm so as not to benumb fragile buds; clear, so that no vermin will settle in dark corners and recesses; self-contained, so that no invasions ... «Patheos, Jun 14»
10
The world is going to pot
“The Talmud mentions Boswellia resin as a potion put in wine to 'benumb the senses' so that [those] condemned to death would not worry. «Jerusalem Post, May 14»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Benumb [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/benumb>. Apr 2024 ».
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