nerve

About 32.24 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A bundle of neurons with their connective tissue sheaths, blood vessels and lymphatics.

   The nerves can be seen through the skin.

2. noun A neuron.
3. noun A vein in a leaf; a grain in wood.

   Some plants have ornamental value because of their contrasting nerves.

4. noun Courage; boldness; audacity; gall.

   He had the nerve to enter my house uninvited.

5. noun Patience; stamina; endurance, fortitude.

   The web-team found git-sed is really a time and nerve saver when doing mass changes on your repositories

6. noun 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.

7. noun 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.

8. noun The elastic resistance of raw rubber or other polymers to permanent deformation during processing.

Similar words

heart face cheek steel spunk brass effrontery boldness mettle nervus

Often followed by

and cells fibers to is endings of in fibres

Word family

nerved nerves nerving