nerve

verb

nerved; nerving

transitive verb

: to give strength or courage to : supply with physical or moral force

Synonyms of nerve

• brace
• fortify
• steel
• ready
• strengthen

Examples of nerve in a Sentence

needs to nerve himself for the big game tomorrow

Word History

First Known Use

1750, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing nerve

• abducens nerve
• abducent nerve
• accessory nerve
• auditory nerve
• cranial nerve
• facial nerve
• glossopharyngeal nerve
• hit/strike/touch a nerve
• hypoglossal nerve
• lose one's nerve
• median nerve
• mixed nerve
• nerve agent
• nerve cell
• nerve center
• nerve cord
• nerve ending
• nerve fiber
• nerve gas
• nerve growth factor
• nerve impulse
• nerve net
• nerve-racking
• nerve root
• nerve trunk
• nerve-wracking
• ninth cranial nerve
• oculomotor nerve
• of all the nerve
• olfactory nerve
• optic nerve
• pinched nerve
• sciatic nerve
• spinal nerve
• touch/strike/hit a raw nerve
• trigeminal nerve
• trochlear nerve
• vagus nerve
• vestibulocochlear nerve

Rhymes for nerve

• curve
• mirv
• serve
• swerve
• verve
• conserve
• deserve
• manoeuvre
• observe
• preserve
• reserve
• subserve

Kids Definition

nerve

1 of 2 noun

ˈnərv 

1

: tendon

strain every nerve

2

: one of the stringy bands of nervous tissue connecting the nervous system with other organs and carrying nerve impulses

3

a

: power of endurance or control

a test of mind and nerve

b

: fearless boldness

had the nerve to confront the mysterious stranger

c

: behavior marked by a rude or disrespectful boldness

what nerve of her to say that

4

a

: a sore or sensitive point

that remark hit a nerve

b

plural : a condition of being very nervous : jitters

had a case of the nerves before her performance

5

: a vein in a leaf or in the wing of an insect

6

: the sensitive soft inner part of a tooth

nerved

ˈnərvd

adjective

nerve

2 of 2 verb

nerved; nerving

: to give strength or courage to

Medical Definition

nerve

noun

ˈnərv 

1

: any of the filamentous bands of nervous tissue that connect parts of the nervous system with the other organs, conduct nerve impulses, and are made up of axons and dendrites together with protective and supportive structures and that for the larger nerves have the fibers gathered into funiculi surrounded by a perineurium and the funiculi enclosed in a common epineurium

2

nerves plural : a state or condition of nervous agitation or irritability

3

: the sensitive pulp of a tooth