nerve

Part of speech: verb

To imbue with nerve, vigor, or courage.

Part of speech: noun

Anat. A cord like structure by which sensations are transmitted through an animal body.

Part of speech: noun

Anything likened to a nerve, as a tendon.

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Usage examples "nerve":

  1. I have a nerve to ask any girl to do it! - "Saturday's Child", Kathleen Norris.
  2. No good telling her it's nerve not body that he ain't got. - "The Emigrant Trail", Geraldine Bonner.
  3. Not unless my young friend here gets his nerve up. - "The Enchanted Canyon", Honoré Willsie Morrow.