nerve.
A bundle of neurons with their connective tissue sheaths, blood vessels and lymphatics.
Meaning & usage
A bundle of neurons with their connective tissue sheaths, blood vessels and lymphatics.
The nerves can be seen through the skin.
A neuron.
A vein in a leaf; a grain in wood.
Some plants have ornamental value because of their contrasting nerves.
Courage; boldness; audacity; gall.
He had the nerve to enter my house uninvited.
He hasn't the nerve to tell her he likes her.
Patience; stamina; endurance, fortitude.
The web-team found git-sed is really a time and nerve saver when doing mass changes on your repositories
One's neural structures considered collectively as, and conceptually equated with, one's psyche.
All these rationalizations for asinine behavior are getting on my nerves.
His nerves could no longer handle the worry.
Mental agitation caused by fear, stress or other negative emotions.
Ellie had a bad case of nerves before the big test; she was a bundle of nerves.
The elastic resistance of raw rubber or other polymers to permanent deformation during processing.
Sinew, tendon.
A particular simplicial set constructed from a category.
Where this word comes from
Recorded since circa 1374 as Middle English nerve, from Medieval Latin nervus (“nerve”), from Latin nervus (“sinew”). Doublet of neuron and sinew. Verb sense 4 (“to get on (someone’s) nerves”) is chiefly a semantic loan from German nerven.
To give courage.
May their example nerve us to face the enemy.
To give strength; to supply energy or vigour.
The liquor nerved up several of the men after their icy march.
To perform a neurectomy on (someone or something).
To get on (someone’s) nerves; to annoy, irritate, or bother (someone).
To be nervous.
Where this word comes from
Recorded since circa 1374 as Middle English nerve, from Medieval Latin nervus (“nerve”), from Latin nervus (“sinew”). Doublet of neuron and sinew. Verb sense 4 (“to get on (someone’s) nerves”) is chiefly a semantic loan from German nerven.
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