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nerve

UK/nəːv/ US/nɜːv/ common informal
noun (3) verb (1)

noun

1.

any bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body

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2.

the courage to carry on

  • “he kept fighting on pure spunk”
  • “you haven”
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3.

impudent aggressiveness

  • “I couldn”
  • “;”
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verb

1.

Origin

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.

Phrases

  • abducens nerve Terms derived from the noun nerve
  • abducent nerve Terms derived from the noun nerve
  • accessory nerve Terms derived from the noun nerve
  • acoustic nerve Terms derived from the noun nerve
  • alveolar nerve Terms derived from the noun nerve
  • auditory nerve Terms derived from the noun nerve
  • auriculotemporal nerve Terms derived from the noun nerve
  • buccal nerve Terms derived from the noun nerve
  • nerve up

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