to nerve

Definition of to nerve in English English dictionary: Agitation caused by fear, stress or other negative emotion; A bundle of neurons with their connective tissue sheaths, blood vessels and lymphatics; A neuron; Stamina, endurance, fortitude; To give courage; sometimes with "up"
May their example nerve us to face the enemy.; Courage, boldness; Audacity, gall
He had the nerve to enter my house uninvited.; To give strength
The liquor nerved up several of the men after their icy march.; A vein in a leaf; a grain in wood
Some plants have ornamental value because of their contrasting nerves.; Patience; 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; {v} to give nerves, strength or vigor; {n} an organ of sensation, a whitish vessel; One or more fibers or bundles of fibers which form a part of a system in the body that conveys impulses of sensation, motion, etc , between the spinal cord or brain and other body parts; A cordlike bundle of nerve fibers (axons and/or dendrites) and its associated connective tissue coursing together outside the central nervous system; Stamina; A bundle of peripheral nerve fibers bound together into one or more fascicles by connective tissue; A sinew or a tendon; – A band of impulse-carrying fibers that carries messages or signals to and from the brain; {f} embolden; gather courage, strengthen oneself; cheer, encourage, inspire; To give courage, sometimes with "up"; {i} any bundle of fibers belonging to the nervous system that transmits sensations and messages between the brain and other parts of the body; tendon (Anatomy); vein in a leaf or insect wing; courage; daring; rude boldness (Informal); the courage to carry on; "he kept fighting on pure spunk"; "you haven't got the heart for baseball"; the most prominent vein of a leaf; impudent aggressiveness; "I couldn't believe her boldness"; "he had the effrontery to question my honesty"; Nerves provide sensory, motor, and automatic functions The arm and hand are served by the ulnar, median, and radial nerves Sensory feedback from the fingers affects the ability to grasp and manipulate items When this sensory function is impaired, from cold or nerve compression, our hands become clumsy and manipulations become difficult The nerves are a common site for CTDs Nerve disorders can also be brought on by mechanical pressure This pressure can be applied by badly designed tools or leaning against heard work surfaces; A simple or unbranched vein or slender rib; A bundle of nerve fibers (axons) The fibers are either afferent - leading toward the brain and serving in the perception of sensory stimuli of the ski, joints, muscles, and inner organs; or efferent - leading away from the brain and mediating contractions of muscles or organs; get ready for something difficult or unpleasant; Physical force or steadiness; muscular power and control; constitutional vigor; A bundle of neurons with their connective tissue sheaths, blood vessels, and lymphatics; You can refer to someone's feelings of anxiety or tension as nerves. I just played badly. It wasn't nerves. = nervousness; In the PNS, a collection of axons; the usually conspicuous nerves of a leaf; 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. nerve yourself to do sth/for sth to force yourself to be brave enough to do something difficult or dangerous; If someone or something gets on your nerves, they annoy or irritate you. Lately he's not done a bloody thing and it's getting on my nerves; Audacity; assurance; 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; Agitation caused by fear, stress, or other negative emotion; Latin nervus = tendon; later reserved for a peripheral bundle of fibres which conduct impulses from or to the central nervous system; 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; —A bundle of fibers that transmit electrical messages between the brain and areas of the body; these messages convey sensory or motor function information; A nerve is a bundle of fibers that uses electrical and chemical signals to transmit sensory and motor information from one body part to another See nervous system; 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; One of the nervures, or veins, in the wings of insects; Steadiness and firmness of mind; self- command in personal danger, or under suffering; unshaken courage and endurance; coolness; pluck; resolution; Courage; 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; 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; The elastic resistance of unvulcanized rubber or rubber compounds to permanent defor- mation during processing Non-Blooming - The absence of a bloom; Audacity; a cordlike structure composed of fibers that conduct impulses between the central nervous system and other part of the body A nerve cell is a neuron, or cell that conducts neural impulses; disapproval 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. They've got a nerve, complaining about our behaviour He had the nerve to ask me to prove who I was; common term for tooth pulp which is the sensitive innermost portion of a tooth; any bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body; To give strength or vigor to; to supply with force; as, fear nerved his arm; A whitish cordlike structure composed of one or more bundles of myelinated or unlyelinated fibers, or more often mixtures of both coursing outside of the central nervous system, together with connective tissue within the fascicle and around the neurolemma of individual fibers; A bundle of nerve cells; A bundle of axons in the PNS?; e g , the thirty-one pairs of spinal nerves; 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; A bundle of elongated axons belonging to hundreds or thousands of neurons, possibly both afferent and efferent neurons Connects portions of the nervous system to other portions and to receptors and effectors See also axon, neuron