What (who) is nerve - definition

ENCLOSED, CABLE-LIKE BUNDLE OF AXONS IN THE PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM

Nerves; Innervation; Innervate; Innervated; Nerve terminal; Nerve fibers; Nerve endings; Classification of peripheral nerve fibers; Classification of nerve fibers; Peripheral nerve; Neurofibra; A beta fiber; A beta fibers; Nerve branch; Nerve branches; Inervation; Myelinated nerve fibers; Endoneurial fluid

nerve

I. n.

Strength, power, force, vigor, might.

Courage, pluck, fortitude, firmness, resolution, hardihood, manhood, self-command, steadiness, endurance, coolness.

II. v. a.

Strengthen, invigorate, fortify, brace, energize.

nerve

(nerves)

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.

Nerves are long thin fibres that transmit messages between your brain and other parts of your body.

...spinal nerves.

...in cases where the nerve fibres are severed.

N-COUNT

If you refer to someone's nerves, you mean their ability to cope with problems such as stress, worry, and danger.

Jill's nerves are stretched to breaking point...

I can be very patient, and then I can burst if my nerves are worn out.

N-PLURAL: usu poss N

You can refer to someone's feelings of anxiety or tension as nerves.

I just played badly. It wasn't nerves.

= nervousness

N-PLURAL

Nerve is the courage that you need in order to do something difficult or dangerous.

The brandy made him choke, but it restored his nerve...

He never got up enough nerve to meet me.

= courage

N-UNCOUNT

If someone or something gets on your nerves, they annoy or irritate you. (INFORMAL)

Lately he's not done a bloody thing and it's getting on my nerves.

PHRASE: V inflects

If you say that someone has a nerve or has the nerve to do something, you are criticizing them for doing something which you feel they had no right to do. (INFORMAL)

They've got a nerve, complaining about our behaviour...

He had the nerve to ask me to prove who I was.

PHRASE: V inflects [disapproval]

If you hold your nerve or keep your nerve, you remain calm and determined in a difficult situation.

He held his nerve to beat Andre Agassi in a five-set thriller on Court One...

We need to keep our nerve now.

= keep your cool

PHRASE: V inflects

If you lose your nerve, you suddenly panic and become too afraid to do something that you were about to do.

The bomber had lost his nerve and fled.

PHRASE: V inflects

If you say that you have touched a nerve or touched a raw nerve, you mean that you have accidentally upset someone by talking about something that they feel strongly about or are very sensitive about.

Alistair saw Henry shrink, as if the words had touched a nerve...

The mere mention of John had touched a very raw nerve indeed.

PHRASE: V inflects

nerve

assurance

gall

(colloq.)

1) to display, have nerve

2) the nerve to + inf. (she had the nerve to ask for another day off)

self-confidence

3) to lose one's nerve

sensitivity

4) a raw nerve (his remark hit a raw nerve)

band of nervous tissue

5) the cranial nerves

Wikipedia

Nerve

A nerve is an enclosed, cable-like bundle of nerve fibers (called axons) in the peripheral nervous system.

Axons transmit electrical impulses. Nerves have historically been considered the basic units of the peripheral nervous system. A nerve provides a common pathway for the electrochemical nerve impulses called action potentials that are transmitted along each of the axons to peripheral organs or, in the case of sensory nerves, from the periphery back to the central nervous system. Each axon, within the nerve, is an extension of an individual neuron, along with other supportive cells such as some Schwann cells that coat the axons in myelin.

Within a nerve, each axon is surrounded by a layer of connective tissue called the endoneurium. The axons are bundled together into groups called fascicles, and each fascicle is wrapped in a layer of connective tissue called the perineurium. Finally, the entire nerve is wrapped in a layer of connective tissue called the epineurium. Nerve cells (often called neurons) are further classified as sensory, motor, or mixed nerves.

In the central nervous system, the analogous structures are known as nerve tracts.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nerve

Pronunciation examples for nerve

1. nerve.

The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons _ Sam Kean _ Talks at Google

2. nerve.

Metzl _ Talks at Google

3. nerves.

Christine Ha _ The Blind Cook _ Talks at Google

4. EMMANUEL ACHO: Nerve-wracking, more nerve-wracking

Emmanuel Acho _ Uncomfortable Conversations With A Black Man _ Talks at Google

5. where we're growing nerves, transected nerves,

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Examples of use of nerve

1. "There were several nerve wracking moments on the final laps but I held my nerve and shadowed Valentino.

2. Its comprehensive effect on the nervous system considerably removes stress, relaxes the sympathetic nerve, raises the function of parasympathetic nerve and betters the alternation of the two nerves.

3. The two parliamentarians may have struck a nerve.

4. Where do you get your nerve?" Hayon: "I don‘t hit.

5. Must be nerve–wracking having two releases in quick succession.