Overview of noun nerve

The noun nerve has 3 senses

• nerve, nervus -- (any bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body)


• heart, mettle, nerve, spunk -- (the courage to carry on; "he kept fighting on pure spunk"; "you haven't got the heart for baseball")


• boldness, nerve, brass, face, cheek -- (impudent aggressiveness; "I couldn't believe her boldness"; "he had the effrontery to question my honesty")

Overview of verb nerve

The verb nerve has 1 sense

• steel, nerve -- (get ready for something difficult or unpleasant)