Nerve

Noun

 * 1)  A bundle of neurons with their connective tissue sheaths, blood vessels and lymphatics.
 * 2)  A neuron.
 * 3)  A vein in a leaf; a grain in wood
 * ''Some plants have ornamental value because of their contrasting nerves
 * 1) Courage, boldness.
 * 2) Patience.
 * 3) Stamina, endurance, fortitude.
 * 4) Audacity, gall.
 * He had the nerve to enter my house uninvited.
 * 1)  Agitation caused by fear, stress or other negative emotion.
 * 1)  Agitation caused by fear, stress or other negative emotion.

Hyponyms

 * See also Thesaurus:nerve

Derived terms

 * bundle of nerves
 * get on somebody's nerves/get on one's nerves
 * nervation
 * nerveless
 * nervy
 * nerve cell


 * nerve center
 * nerve ending
 * nerve fiber
 * nerve gas
 * nerve impulse
 * nerve-recking


 * nerves of steel
 * nerve-wracking
 * nervi-, nervo-
 * touch a nerve
 * unnerved
 * war of nerves

Related terms

 * enervate
 * neuron


 * nervous
 * nervure

Verb

 * 1)  To give courage; sometimes with "up".
 * ''May their example nerve us to face the enemy.
 * 1)  To give strength
 * ''The liquor nerved up several of the men after their icy march.

Thesaurus
afferent neuron, animate, annoy, anxiety, aplomb, apprehension, assurance, assure, audacity, autonomic nervous system, axon, backbone, balance, balanced personality, balls, beef up, boldness, bolster, bottle, bottom, brace, brace up, brain, brashness, brass, bravery, brazenness, buck up, buttress, case harden, central nervous system, cerebral cortex, cheek, cheer, chirk up, chutzpah, confidence, confirm, constancy, cool, coolness, courage, craniosacral nervous system, crust, daring, dauntlessness, dendrite, determination, doughtiness, effector organ, efferent neuron, effrontery, embolden, encourage, equilibrium, face, fastness, fearlessness, firmness, fortify, fortitude, forwardness, fretfulness, fright, gall, ganglion, gird, gray matter, grit, gumption, guts, gutsiness, guttiness, harden, hardihood, hardiness, heart, heart of oak, hearten, homeostasis, hysteria, impertinence, imperturbability, importunacy, importunateness, impudence, insolence, inspire, inspirit, internuncial neuron, intestinal fortitude, intrepidity, invariability, invigorate, irritate, medullary sheath, mettle, moxie, nerve trunk, nerves, nervous system, nervousness, neuron, peripheral nervous system, pith, plexus, pluck, presumption, presumptuousness, prop, pushiness, reassure, refresh, reinforce, reinvigorate, reliability, resoluteness, restrengthen, rootedness, sand, sang-froid, sauce, secureness, security, self-assertion, self-assertiveness, self-expression, self-expressiveness, sensorium, sensory area, sensory cell, shore up, solar plexus, solidity, soundness, spinal cord, spirit, spunk, stability, stable equilibrium, stable state, stamina, staunchness, steadfastness, steadiness, steady nerves, steady state, steel, stiffen, stout heart, strengthen, stress, substantiality, support, sustain, synapse, temerity, temper, tenacity, tension, the heebie-jeebies, thoracolumbar nervous system, toughen, toughness, undeflectability, undergird, uniformity, unshakable nerves, unshakableness, upset, valor, white matter, will, worry

Etymology
Recorded since circa 1374, from nervus:, from  nervus:, a metathesis of pre-Latin *neuros, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)neu-; cognates include Greek (neuros)

Noun

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 * Czech:
 * Dutch: zenuw, neuronenbundel
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 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: nerv
 * Volapük: nev


 * Dutch: zenuw, zenuwknoop, neuron
 * Finnish:
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 * Russian:
 * Swedish: nerv


 * Dutch:
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 * Romanian: nervură
 * Swedish: ådra


 * Armenian:
 * Dutch: durf, moed, lef, stalen zenuwen
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 * Polish:
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 * Spanish: coraje
 * Tagalog: kagitingan, kompiyansa, ,  tapang


 * Dutch: geduld, sterke zenuwen
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 * Russian: выдержка,
 * Swedish: nerver, tålamod


 * Dutch: verduldigheid, geduld, uithoudingsvermogen
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 * German:
 * Swedish: uthållighet, stamina


 * Finnish: röyhkeys, otsa
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 * Polish: czelność, tupet, zuchwalstwo, bezczelność
 * Russian: наглость
 * Tagalog: ,


 * Finnish: väristys
 * Italian:
 * Polish: nerwy


 * Romanian:
 * Swedish: nervig


 * : (1) nervus
 * : (1) нерв (nerv)

Anagrams

 * never

Noun

 * 1)   (senses marking etc.)

Verb form

 * 1) subjunctive singular present form of nerven

Etymology
Germanic, from nerwe, nerve

Anagrams

 * erven, reven, veren