boldness, nerve, brass, face, cheek
(noun) impudent aggressiveness; āI couldnāt believe her boldnessā; āhe had the effrontery to question my honestyā
heart, mettle, nerve, spunk
(noun) the courage to carry on; āhe kept fighting on pure spunkā; āyou havenāt got the heart for baseballā
nerve, nervus
(noun) any bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body
steel, nerve
(verb) get ready for something difficult or unpleasant
Source: WordNet® 3.1
nerve (plural nerves)
A bundle of neurons with their connective tissue sheaths, blood vessels and lymphatics.
Hyponym: Thesaurus:nerve
(nonstandard, colloquial) A neuron.
(botany) A vein in a leaf; a grain in wood
Courage, boldness.
Synonym: Thesaurus:courage
Patience.
Stamina, endurance, fortitude.
Audacity, gall.
Synonyms: brashness, brazenness, balls, Thesaurus:courage
(polymer technology) The elastic resistance of raw rubber or other polymers to permanent deformation during processing.
(in the plural) Agitation caused by fear, stress or other negative emotion.
(obsolete) Sinew, tendon.
nerve (third-person singular simple present nerves, present participle nerving, simple past and past participle nerved)
(transitive) To give courage.
(transitive) To give strength; to supply energy or vigour.
• Sometimes used with āupā.
• (give strength): See also strengthen
• Verne, erven, never
Source: Wiktionary
Nerve, n. Etym: [OE. nerfe, F. nerf, L. nervus, akin to Gr. needle. Cf. Neuralgia.]
1. (Anat.)
Definition: One of the whitish and elastic bundles of fibers, with the accompanying tissues, which transmit nervous impulses between nerve centers and various parts of the animal body.
Note: An ordinary nerve is made up of several bundles of nerve fibers, each bundle inclosed in a special sheath (the perineurium) and all bound together in a connective tissue sheath and framework (the epineurium) containing blood vessels and lymphatics.
2. A sinew or a tendon. Pope.
3. Physical force or steadiness; muscular power and control; constitutional vigor. he led me on to mightiest deeds, Above the nerve of mortal arm. Milton.
4. Steadiness and firmness of mind; self-command in personal danger, or under suffering; unshaken courage and endurance; coolness; pluck; resolution.
5. Audacity; assurance. [Slang]
6. (Bot.)
Definition: One of the principal fibrovascular bundles or ribs of a leaf, especially when these extend straight from the base or the midrib of the leaf.
7. (Zoƶl.)
Definition: One of the nervures, or veins, in the wings of insects. Nerve cell (Anat.), one of the nucleated cells with which nerve fibers are connected; a ganglion cell.
– Nerve fiber (Anat.), one of the fibers of which nerves are made up. These fibers are either medullated or nonmedullated. in both kinds the essential part is the translucent threadlike axis cylinder which is continuous the whole length of the fiber.
– Nerve stretching (Med.), the operation of stretching a nerve in order to remedy diseases such as tetanus, which are supposed to be influenced by the condition of the nerve or its connections.
Nerve, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Nerved; p. pr. & vb. n. Nerving.]
Definition: To give strength or vigor to; to supply with force; as, fear nerved his arm.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., āthe father of the brideā instead of āthe brideās fatherā
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