Definitions for the word "nerve" from multiple English dictionaries.
1. 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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
A sinew or a tendon.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
Physical force or steadiness; muscular power and control; constitutional vigor.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
Steadiness and firmness of mind; self-command in personal danger, or under suffering; unshaken courage and endurance; coolness; pluck; resolution.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
Audacity; assurance.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. n.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. n.
One of the nervures, or veins, in the wings of insects.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. v. t.
To give strength or vigor to; to supply with force; as, fear nerved his arm.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. n.
1 a fibre or bundle of fibres that transmits impulses of sensation or motion between the brain or spinal cord and other parts of the body. B material constituting these. 2 a coolness in danger; bravery. B colloq. Impudence. 3 (in pl.) Nervousness; mental or physical stress. v. (-ving) 1 (usu. Refl.) Brace (oneself) to face danger etc. 2 give strength, vigour, or courage to. get on a person''s nerves irritate a person. [latin nervus sinew, bowstring]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
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