Sekirov Dictionary

nerve

UK /nɜːv/US /nɝv/

noun 10
verb 5
forms 3
phrases 5

noun10

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a thin line of many cells held together that lets the body feel things and move
- The nerves can be seen through the skin.
(informal, nonstandard) A neuron.
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Courage; boldness; audacity; gall.
- He had the nerve to enter my house uninvited.
- He hasn't the nerve to tell her he likes her.
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[in the 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.
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[in the 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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Patience; stamina; endurance, fortitude.
- The web-team found git-sed is really a time and nerve saver when doing mass changes on your repositories
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A vein in a leaf; a grain in wood.
- Some plants have ornamental value because of their contrasting nerves.
The elastic resistance of raw rubber or other polymers to permanent deformation during processing.
A particular simplicial set constructed from a category.
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(no longer used) Sinew, tendon.
- Come on; obey: / Thy nerves are in their infancy again, / And have no vigour in them. — 1610

verb5

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To give courage.
- May their example nerve us to face the enemy.
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To give strength; to supply energy or vigour.
- The liquor nerved up several of the men after their icy march.
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(informal) To perform a neurectomy on (someone or something).
- You can't nerve a hoof and I didn't realize that the cannon bone where the nerving takes place is not part of the leg. — 1999
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(informal, rare) To get on (someone’s) nerves; to annoy, irritate, or bother (someone).
- I guess, my previous message never came in the net..so again: (hope, i don't nerve anyone) We want to combine different LAN's via fiberoptic cable (Monomode) to the Internet. — 1996
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(informal, rare) To be nervous.
- use the extrapolar solution, don't nerve. — 1998

forms

nerved · nerving · nerves

Phrases with nerve

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