nerve

1. 1

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

   • The nerves can be seen through the skin.
2. 2

   A neuron.colloquialnonstandard

3. 3

   A vein in a leaf; a grain in wood.

   • Some plants have ornamental value because of their contrasting nerves.
4. 4

   Courage; boldness; audacity; gall.

   • He had the nerve to enter my house uninvited.
   • He hasn't the nerve to tell her he likes her.
5. 5

   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. 6

   One's neural structures considered collectively as, and conceptually equated with, one's psyche.in-plural

   • All these rationalizations for asinine behavior are getting on my nerves.
   • His nerves could no longer handle the worry.
7. 7

   Mental agitation caused by fear, stress or other negative emotions.in-plural

   • Ellie had a bad case of nerves before the big test; she was a bundle of nerves.
8. 8

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

   • The nerviness (ability to recover quickly from strain or stretching) ... generally requires it to be broken down or masticated on the mill before the other compounding ingredients are added. In the break-down operation, heat is inherently g
9. 9

   Sinew, tendon.obsolete

   • Come on; obey: / Thy nerves are in their infancy again, / And have no vigour in them.
   • Whilst thus their fury rages at the bay, My sword our cables cut, I call'd to weigh, And charg'd my men, as they from fate would fly, Each nerve to strain, each bending oar to ply.
10. 10

    A particular simplicial set constructed from a category.

syn. nerve

1. 1

   To give courage.transitive

   • May their example nerve us to face the enemy.
2. 2

   To give strength; to supply energy or vigour.transitive

   • The liquor nerved up several of the men after their icy march.
3. 3

   To perform a neurectomy on (someone or something).informaltransitive

   • You can't nerve a hoof and I didn't realize that the cannon bone where the nerving takes place is not part of the leg.
   • Her instructor was trying to convince me that her horse's tail "needed" to be nerved.
4. 4

   To get on (someone’s) nerves; to annoy, irritate, or bother (someone).informalraretransitive

   • I guess, my previous message never came in the net..so again: (hope, i don't nerve anyone) We want to combine different LAN's via fiberoptic cable (Monomode) to the Internet.
   • No way was I assured, but after that the doctor refused to answer anymore questions. Instead, he wouldn’t stop nerving me to give him a guided tour of the berserker.
5. 5

   To be nervous.informalintransitiverare

   • Mathias slowly leads his hand down to the holster... yeah, cool steel... his fingers wrap around the grip of his Smith & Wesson's, dragging it out, aiming and... In other words: Stop nerving, damiac14!
   • use the extrapolar solution, don't nerve.