Nerve(n.)
- One of the whitish and elastic bundles of fibers, with the accompanying tissues, which transmit nervous impulses between nerve centers and various parts of the animal body.
Nerve(n.)
- Physical force or steadiness; muscular power and control; constitutional vigor.
Nerve(n.)
- Steadiness and firmness of mind; self-command in personal danger, or under suffering; unshaken courage and endurance; coolness; pluck; resolution.
Nerve(n.)
- One of the principal fibrovascular bundles or ribs of a leaf, especially when these extend straight from the base or the midrib of the leaf.
Nerve(n.)
- One of the nervures, or veins, in the wings of insects.
Nerve(v. t.)
- To give strength or vigor to; to supply with force; as, fear nerved his arm.
Nerved(a.)
- Having nerves of a special character; as, weak-nerved.
Nerved(a.)
- Having nerves, or simple and parallel ribs or veins.