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Type Words
Synonyms nervus
Type of fasciculus, fascicle, fibre bundle, fiber bundle
Has types afferent, afferent nerve, musculospiral nerve, nervus ischiadicus, nervus radialis, nervus saphenus, nervus spinalis, nervus ulnaris, radial nerve, saphenous nerve, sciatic nerve, sensory nerve, spinal nerve, splanchnic nerve, ulnar nerve, cranial nerve, cubital nerve, depressor, depressor nerve, efferent, efferent nerve, motor nerve
Derivation nervous
Type Words
Synonyms steel
Type of brace, poise
Type Words
Synonyms heart, mettle, spunk
Type of courageousness, courage, braveness, bravery
Derivation nervy
Type Words
Synonyms boldness, brass, cheek, face
Type of aggressiveness
Has types audacity, audaciousness
Derivation nervy

Examples of nerve

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It takes a lot of nerve to make a political stand like the two of you have done.
From the latimes.com
We look for pathologic changes in the optic nerve that are typical for glaucoma.
From the abcnews.go.com
Personally, when things are going wrong, it's most important to hold your nerve.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Manning had surgery on March 3, 2010, to relieve pain caused by a pinched nerve.
From the suntimes.com
Former workers even now are afflicted with a variety of nerve and skin diseases.
From the chron.com
This might allow skin as well as long, thin nerve grafts to be grown in the lab.
From the newscientist.com
Inflation will not come down very fast but we think the MPC will hold its nerve.
From the dailymail.co.uk
He dives superbly, holding his nerve to score high marks and take pole position.
From the independent.co.uk
If he is there, he's got some nerve and the Pope should be asking him questions.
From the guardian.co.uk
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  • Any bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body
  • Steel: get ready for something difficult or unpleasant
  • Heart: the courage to carry on; "he kept fighting on pure spunk"; "you haven't got the heart for baseball"
  • Boldness: impudent aggressiveness; "I couldn't believe her boldness"; "he had the effrontery to question my honesty"
  • (nerves) nervousness: an uneasy psychological state; "he suffered an attack of nerves"
  • (nerves) control of your emotions; "this kind of tension is not good for my nerves"
  • A peripheral nerve, or simply nerve is an enclosed, cable-like bundle of peripheral axons (the long, slender projections of neurons). A nerve provides a common pathway for the electrochemical nerve impulses that are transmitted along each of the axons. ...
  • This is a list of characters from the American animated television series The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, which was created by Maxwell Atoms, and which originally aired on Cartoon Network from August 24, 2001 to November 11, 2007.
  • Nerve is the second novel by British mystery novelist Dick Francis, published in 1964.