nerve

Meaning

1. A bundle of neurons with their connective tissue sheaths, blood vessels and lymphatics.
2. (colloquial) A neuron.
3. A vein in a leaf; a grain in wood.
4. Courage; boldness; audacity; gall.
5. Patience; stamina; endurance, fortitude.
6. One's neural structures considered collectively as, and conceptually equated with, one's psyche.
7. Mental agitation caused by fear, stress or other negative emotions.
8. The elastic resistance of raw rubber or other polymers to permanent deformation during processing.
9. (obsolete) Sinew, tendon.

nervus

spunk

nervous

make nervous

stick to it

nerve vessel

small tube

steel oneself against

mental sence

leaf vein

audicity

blood-vessel

cardinal virtues

presence of mind

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/nɝv/

Recorded since circa 1374 as Middle English nerve, from Medieval Latin nervus (“nerve”), from Latin nervus (“sinew”). Doublet of neuron and sinew.

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