B2verb · transitive · common

dumb

dumb · dumbs · dumbed · dumbing

To silenceTo silence.

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/dʌm/

» It was just a dumb mistake.

Це була лише ідіотська помилка. — deniko

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Meaning

4 senses

(dated, transitive)To silence.
(transitive)To make stupid.
(transitive)To represent as stupid.
(transitive)To reduce the intellectual demands of.

Examples

371 sentences

It was just a dumb mistake.
Це була лише ідіотська помилка. — deniko
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How can people be so dumb?
Як люби можуть бути такими дурними? — deniko
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Tom is always asking dumb questions.
Том завжди ставить ідіотські запитання. — deniko
deTom stellt immer blöde Fragen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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Tom is pretty dumb, isn't he?
Том доволі тупий, еге ж? — deniko
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Tom is pretty dumb.
Том доволі тупий. — deniko
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Origin

From Middle English dumben, from Old English *dumbian (found in the compound ādumbian (“to

From Middle English dumben, from Old English *dumbian (found in the compound ādumbian (“to become mute or dumb; keep silence; hold one’s peace”)), from Proto-Germanic *dumbijaną, *dumbōną (“to be silent, become dumb”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- (“to whisk, smoke, darken, obscure”). Cognate with German verdummen (“to become dumb”).

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Forms

dumbs, dumbing, dumbed, dumbed

Base form	dumb · to dumb
3rd person singular	dumbs
Present participle	dumbing
Past simple	dumbed
Past participle	dumbed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	dumb
he, she, it	dumbs

Past simpleLesson

all persons

dumbed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have dumbed
he, she, it	has dumbed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will dumb

Phrasal verbs

2 phrasal verbs

Word family

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle

Collocations

7 patterns

a dumb question
the dumbest thing
dumb question
dumbest thing
play dumb
was a dumb
really dumb