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nerve - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'nerve' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Nerve [ n.]
- 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.
- A sinew or a tendon.
- Physical force or steadiness; muscular power and control; constitutional vigor.
- Steadiness and firmness of mind; self-command in personal danger, or under suffering; unshaken courage and endurance; coolness; pluck; resolution.
- Audacity; assurance.
- 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.
- One of the nervures, or veins, in the wings of insects.
2 . Nerve [ v. t.]
- To give strength or vigor to; to supply with force; as, fear nerved his arm.

Meaning of 'nerve' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . nerve [ n]
Meaning (1):
- impudent aggressiveness
Example in sentence:
  • he had the effrontery to question my honesty;
  • I couldn't believe her boldness
Meaning (2):
- the courage to carry on
Example in sentence:
  • he kept fighting on pure spunk;
  • you haven't got the heart for baseball