nerve en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /nɛːv/ Humberside, Teesside, fair–fur merger
- /nəːv/ (British, Southern, Standard)
- /nɜɪv/ (New-York-City)
- /nøːv/ (New-Zealand, Wales)
- /neːv/ Liverpool, fair–fur merger
- /nɜːv/ (Australia, Received-Pronunciation)
- (US) audio
- /nɝv/ (General-American)
- /nɛɾv/ (Scotland)
Etymology
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.
Meanings
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A bundle of neurons with their connective tissue sheaths, blood vessels and lymphatics.
Like her I go; I cannot stay; I leave this mortal ark behind, A weight of nerves without a mind, And leave the cliffs, and haste away […]
1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XII”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC:The nerves can be seen through the skin.
- (colloquial, nonstandard) A neuron.
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A vein in a leaf; a grain in wood.
Some plants have ornamental value because of their contrasting nerves.
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Courage; boldness; audacity; gall.
He hasn't the nerve to tell her he likes her.
“Oh?” she said. “So you have decided to revise my guest list for me? You have the nerve, the – the –” I saw she needed helping out. “Audacity,” I said, throwing her the line. “The audacity to dictate to me who I shall have in my house.” It should have been “whom”, but I let it go. “You have the –” “Crust.” “– the immortal rind,” she amended, and I had to admit it was stronger, “to tell me whom” – she got it right that time – “I may entertain at Brinkley Court and who” – wrong again – “I may not.”
1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XVIII, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC:You got a lot of nerve / To say you are my friend / When I was down / You just stood there grinning
1965, Bob Dylan, “Positively 4th Street”:He had the nerve to enter my house uninvited.
A trip to the whistling, fire-cracking Stadio San Paolo is always a test of nerve but Wenger's men have already outplayed the Italians once.
2013 November 26, Daniel Taylor, The Guardian:Southgate's side kept their nerve and discipline in the unsettling, intimidating surroundings of Budapest, with the behaviour of Hungary's fans leaving much to be desired, to turn up the heat and punish their opponents ruthlessly once they had gone ahead.
2021 September 2, Phil McNulty, “Hungary 0-4 England”, in BBC:
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Patience; stamina; endurance, fortitude.
The web-team found git-sed is really a time and nerve saver when doing mass changes on your repositories
He led me on to mightiest deeds, / Above the nerve of mortal arm.
1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, […].”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, pages 42–43, lines 639–640:
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(in-plural) 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.
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(in-plural) 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.
Put me in the hospital for nerves and then they had to commit me
1997, Harvey Danger, “Flagpole Sitta”, in Where Have All the Merrymakers Gone?:
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(qualifier:polymer technology) The elastic resistance of raw rubber or other polymers to permanent deformation during processing.
The nerviness (ability to recover quickly from strain or stretching) ... generally requires it to be broken down or masticated on the mill before the other compounding ingredients are added. In the break-down operation, heat is inherently generated by the sheer action of the milling or mixing equipment on the polymer. Therefore, it is difficult to maintain the desired low temperatures during the milling or mixing... An object of this invention is to reduce the inherent nerve of ... polymers ... during break-down.
1959, Newell A Perry, Eric O Ridgway, US patent US2870103 Ahttps://www.google.com/patents/US2870103
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(obsolete) Sinew, tendon.
Come on; obey: / Thy nerves are in their infancy again, / And have no vigour in them.
1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:Whilst thus their fury rages at the bay, My sword our cables cut, I call'd to weigh, And charg'd my men, as they from fate would fly, Each nerve to strain, each bending oar to ply.
1725, Homer, “Book X”, in [Alexander Pope], transl., The Odyssey of Homer. […], volume III, London: […] Bernard Lintot, →OCLC:
- A particular simplicial set constructed from a category.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| nerves | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
auditory nerve (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · nerveway (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · midnerve (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · nerve of the pterygoid canal (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · nerveless (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · alveolar nerve (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · hit a raw nerve (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · Vidian nerve (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · accessory nerve (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · musculospiral nerve (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · strike a nerve (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · deep temporal nerve (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · greater occipital nerve (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · cavernous nerve (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · unnerved (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · lateral pterygoid nerve (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · nerve center (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · eighth nerve (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · nerve growth factor (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · nerves of steel (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · palatine nerve (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · freshman's nerve (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · nerve of Wrisberg (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · second cranial nerve (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · binervate (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · lingual nerve (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · fourth cranial nerve (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · nasal nerve (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · Jacobson nerve (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · touch a raw nerve (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · nerve cell (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · ventral nerve cord (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · sixth cranial nerve (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · masseteric nerve (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · pneumogastric nerve (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · maxillary nerve (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · nervish (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · facial nerve (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · bundle of nerves (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · nervimotion (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · nerve-racked (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · infraorbital nerve (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · strain every nerve (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · glossopharyngeal nerve (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · buccal nerve (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · nerve net (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · sural nerve (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · renerve (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · ciliary nerve (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · nerve cord (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · hold one's nerve (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · greater petrosal nerve (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · frontal nerve (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · abducens nerve (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · abducent nerve (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · cervical nerve (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · nerve-jangling (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · nervule (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · outnerve (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · touch a nerve (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · third cranial nerve (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · optic nerve (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · trochlear nerve (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · cochlear nerve (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · median nerve (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · superior laryngeal nerve (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · hit a nerve (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · tympanic nerve (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · war of nerves (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · supraorbital nerve (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · lesser occipital nerve (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · hypoglossal nerve (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · olfactory nerve (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · zygomatic nerve (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · pathetic nerve (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · medial pterygoid nerve (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · twelfth cranial nerve (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · the nerve of (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · nasopalatine nerve (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · nerve fiber (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · lateral pectoral nerve (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · nervelike (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · innerve (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · nerve trunk (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · nasociliary nerve (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · first cranial nerve (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · nerve-rack (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · nerve-racking (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · nerve wrack (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · nerve rack (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · eleventh cranial nerve (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · lose one's nerve (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · nerve-rackingly (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · spinal nerve (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · nerve-shredder (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · zygomaticotemporal nerve (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · Wrisberg's nerve (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · mandibular nerve (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · nerve gas (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · nerve-shredding (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · lesser petrosal nerve (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · wandering nerve (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · occipital nerve (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · deep petrosal nerve (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · nervy (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · petrosal nerve (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · nerval (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · pterygoid nerve (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · sciatic nerve (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · zygomaticofacial nerve (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · renervate (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · get on somebody's nerves (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · ulnar nerve (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · inferior alveolar nerve (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · cranial nerve (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · innervate (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · fifth nerve (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · radial nerve (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · intermediate nerve (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · fifth cranial nerve (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · nerve centre (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · abdominal nerve plexus (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · vestibular nerve (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · abnerval (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · oculomotor nerve (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · nerve agent (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · eighth cranial nerve (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · vagus nerve (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · nerve up (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · raw nerve (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · nerve impulse (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · phrenic nerve (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · denervate (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · superior alveolar nerve (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · seventh cranial nerve (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · laryngeal nerve (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · renervation (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · hypogastric nerve (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · supratrochlear nerve (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · nerve palsy (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · nervi- (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · supraclavicular nerve (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · nervate (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · auriculotemporal nerve (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · get on one's nerves (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · acoustic nerve (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · ischiatic nerve (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · nerve-wreck (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · short ciliary nerve (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · vestibulocochlear nerve (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · nerve-wracked (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · nervo- (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · recurrent laryngeal nerve (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · mental nerve (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · nerve ending (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · glossopalatine nerve (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · motor nerve (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · nervelet (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · inferior laryngeal nerve (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · long ciliary nerve (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · lacrimal nerve (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · get on someone's last nerve (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · unnerve (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · nerve-wrack (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · ninth cranial nerve (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · nervation (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · nerve fibre (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · nerve-wracking (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · trigeminal nerve (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · saphenous nerve (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · tenth cranial nerve (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · nerve out (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · keep one's nerve (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · ophthalmic nerve (Terms derived from the noun nerve) · denervated (Terms derived from the noun nerve)
Holonyms
Hyponyms
Meronyms
Relateds
nervure · neuron · nervous · enervate
Synonyms
undauntedness · balls · steel · grit · heart · valor · courageousness · boldness · bravery · intrepidness · audacity · spunk · daring · bravehood · braveness · ovaries · boldhead · guts · bield · pecker · fearlessness · mood · nerve · intrepidity · courage · nerve · brashness · pluck · balls · valour · brazenness
Translations (242)
ota سڭیر (bundle of neurons) · nl geduld (stamina) · pms nerv (bundle of neurons) · tl nerbyos (bundle of neurons) · fi röyhkeys (courage, boldness) · tl nerbyos (mental agitation caused by a negative emotion) · he עֲצַבִּים (mental agitation caused by a negative emotion) · ro nerv (bundle of neurons) · nl durf (courage, boldness) · de Nerv (stamina) · fr nerf (stamina) · ru нахра́пистость (audacity) · mi akaaka (bundle of neurons) · uk нерв (bundle of neurons) · sv uthållighet (stamina) · my အာရုံကြော (bundle of neurons) · sw neva (bundle of neurons) · gu ચેતાતંતુ (bundle of neurons) · it pazienza (patience) · id saraf (bundle of neurons) · prs عَصَب (bundle of neurons) · ro tupeu (audacity) · sv tålamod (patience) · eu nerbio (bundle of neurons) · ru нерв (colloquial: neuron) · se nearva (bundle of neurons) · fr culot (audacity) · ps عَصَب (bundle of neurons) · eo nervoj (mental agitation caused by a negative emotion) · de Nerv (colloquial: neuron) · it nervatura (botany: vein; grain in wood) · tl dagandam (bundle of neurons) · rm gnerv (bundle of neurons) · de Unverschämtheit (audacity) · sh žìvac (bundle of neurons) · tl kompiyansa (courage, boldness) · ro nerușinare (audacity) · ms saraf (bundle of neurons) · is taug (bundle of neurons) · ota عصب (bundle of neurons) · mt nerv (bundle of neurons) · ro răbdare (patience) · sh nȅrv (bundle of neurons) · pl żyłka (botany: vein; grain in wood) · ru сто́йкость (stamina) · de Ausdauer (patience) · pdt Narf (bundle of neurons) · pt nervo (bundle of neurons) · vi thần kinh (bundle of neurons) · bg нерв (bundle of neurons) · sv nervig (mental agitation caused by a negative emotion) · ro nervură (botany: vein; grain in wood) · nds Nerv (bundle of neurons) · fi hermo (bundle of neurons) · ht nè (bundle of neurons) · kl sianiut (bundle of neurons) · bg дъ́рзост (audacity) · ru сме́лость (courage, boldness) · ky нерв (bundle of neurons) · mi io (bundle of neurons) · fr toupet (audacity) · sa स्नायु (bundle of neurons) · kmr eseb (bundle of neurons) · it sfacciataggine (audacity) · sh жѝвац (bundle of neurons) · as স্নায়ু (bundle of neurons) · lt nervas (bundle of neurons) · nl sterke zenuwen (patience) · ga néaróg (bundle of neurons) · ja 神経 (bundle of neurons) · pl czelność (audacity) · nl neuron (colloquial: neuron) · te నరము (bundle of neurons) · fi otsa (audacity) · jv urat (bundle of neurons) · de Ausdauer (stamina) · sk nerv (bundle of neurons) · enm nerve (bundle of neurons) · fo nerva (bundle of neurons) · it nervo (botany: vein; grain in wood) · fi röyhkeys (audacity) · sv ådra (botany: vein; grain in wood) · ru вы́держка (patience) · pl nerwy (mental agitation caused by a negative emotion) · et närv (bundle of neurons) · bg жи́лка (botany: vein; grain in wood) · ru на́глость (audacity) · ru хладнокро́вие (patience) · lv nervs (bundle of neurons) · tk nerv (bundle of neurons) · az سڭیر (bundle of neurons) · nl zenuw (bundle of neurons) · ko 신경 (bundle of neurons) · nl geduld (patience) · fi hermot (neural structures considered collectively, and conceptually equated with, one's psyche) · ovd nerv (bundle of neurons) · ca barra (audacity) · be нэрв (bundle of neurons) · pl tupet (audacity) · nl uithoudingsvermogen (stamina) · fr cran (audacity) · de Nerv (bundle of neurons) · izh nerva (bundle of neurons) · ca nervi (bundle of neurons) · nl moed (courage, boldness) · sq nerv (bundle of neurons) · ca nervi (colloquial: neuron) · fi sisu (stamina) · pl bezczelność (audacity) · uz nerv (bundle of neurons) · sv stamina (stamina) · be нэ́рва (bundle of neurons) · nn nerve (bundle of neurons) · it nervo (bundle of neurons) · km សរសៃ (bundle of neurons) · nl zenuwknoop (colloquial: neuron) · da nerve (bundle of neurons) · fi hermostuneisuus (mental agitation caused by a negative emotion) · fa-ira عَصَب (bundle of neurons) · ro putere (stamina) · nan-hbl 神經 /神经 (bundle of neurons) · az sinir (bundle of neurons) · vo nev (bundle of neurons) · ast nerviu (bundle of neurons) · it coraggio (courage, boldness) · cy nerf (bundle of neurons) · yi חוצפּה (courage, boldness) · lo ປະສາດ (bundle of neurons) · lb Nerv (bundle of neurons) · ru му́жество (courage, boldness) · eo nervo (bundle of neurons) · sv nerver (patience) · tl kagitingan (courage, boldness) · ro rezistență (stamina) · tl kapal ng mukha (audacity) · hu türelem (patience) · sat ᱥᱤᱨ (bundle of neurons) · fi hermot (patience) · gl nervio (bundle of neurons) · nl zenuw (colloquial: neuron) · cmn 神經 /神经 (bundle of neurons) · fr nerf (bundle of neurons) · he עָצָב (bundle of neurons) · ro curaj (courage, boldness) · tr asap (bundle of neurons) · rsk нерв (bundle of neurons) · tr sinir (bundle of neurons) · hy նյարդ (bundle of neurons) · nl lef (courage, boldness) · ta நரம்பு (bundle of neurons) · tl kapangahasan (audacity) · bn স্নায়ু (bundle of neurons) · pl nerw (bundle of neurons) · fro nerf (bundle of neurons) · bg хладнокръ́вие (patience) · th เส้นประสาท (bundle of neurons) · fi hermo (colloquial: neuron) · it nervi (mental agitation caused by a negative emotion) · fi lehtiruoti (botany: vein; grain in wood) · mk нерв (bundle of neurons) · rsk живец (bundle of neurons) · la nervus (bundle of neurons) · ang wealdweaxa (bundle of neurons) · sh не̏рв (bundle of neurons) · de Mut (courage, boldness) · grc νεῦρον (bundle of neurons) · pl zuchwalstwo (audacity) · sv nerv (bundle of neurons) · fi hermot (mental agitation caused by a negative emotion) · ka ნერვი (bundle of neurons) · mn мэдрэл (bundle of neurons) · tg асаб (bundle of neurons) · ro nervi (mental agitation caused by a negative emotion) · ckb پەی (bundle of neurons) · ur نَس (bundle of neurons) · hu állóképesség (stamina) · sa नाडी (bundle of neurons) · ur عَصَب (bundle of neurons) · mn нерв (bundle of neurons) · hi तंत्रिका (bundle of neurons) · be нерв (bundle of neurons) · tl kapal (audacity) · arz عصب (bundle of neurons) · tl lakas ng loob (courage, boldness) · es coraje (courage, boldness) · nl stalen zenuwen (courage, boldness) · hsb nerw (bundle of neurons) · cs nerv (bundle of neurons) · uz asab (bundle of neurons) · nv atsʼoos (bundle of neurons) · kk жүйке (bundle of neurons) · cs čiv (bundle of neurons) · tl tapang (courage, boldness) · nl verduldigheid (stamina) · nl nerf (botany: vein; grain in wood) · ug نېرۋا (bundle of neurons) · sv nerv (colloquial: neuron) · it faccia tosta (audacity) · ca nervis (mental agitation caused by a negative emotion) · de Geduld (patience) · tl nerbiyos (bundle of neurons) · ru вы́держка (stamina) · ru терпе́ние (patience) · ru наха́льство (audacity) · ru жи́лка (botany: vein; grain in wood) · lo ເສັ້ນປະສາດ (bundle of neurons) · es nervio (bundle of neurons) · pt nervura (botany: vein; grain in wood) · th ประสาท (bundle of neurons) · pl odwaga (courage, boldness) · fi rohkeus (courage, boldness) · yue 神經 /神经 (bundle of neurons) · hu ideg (bundle of neurons) · ar عَصَب (bundle of neurons) · az əsəb (bundle of neurons) · sl živec (bundle of neurons) · hy ջիղ (bundle of neurons) · tt сеңер (bundle of neurons) · es descaro (audacity) · ru выно́сливость (stamina) · tl karahasan (audacity) · hi नस (bundle of neurons) · fi kärsivällisyys (patience) · az əsəb (bundle of neurons) · es frescura (audacity) · el νεύρο (bundle of neurons) · eu zain (bundle of neurons) · ru де́рзость (audacity) · fr nervure (botany: vein; grain in wood) · hy քաջություն (courage, boldness) · ro insolență (audacity) · km ប្រសាទ (bundle of neurons) · es nervios (mental agitation caused by a negative emotion) · az sinir (bundle of neurons) · gu જ્ઞાનતંતુ (bundle of neurons) · hu pofa (audacity) · nb nerve (bundle of neurons) · ru нерв (bundle of neurons) · fo nerv (bundle of neurons) · fi hermot (stamina) · yi נערוו (bundle of neurons) · tl nerbiyos (mental agitation caused by a negative emotion)