nerve
/nɝv/
UK: /nɜːv/
nerve
English
Noun Top 3,209
American (Lessac)
(medium)
Female
0.6s
American (Amy)
(medium)
Female
0.6s
American (Ryan)
(medium)
Male
0.3s
Ad
Definition
A bundle of neurons with their connective tissue sheaths, blood vessels and lymphatics.
Etymology
Recorded since circa 1374 as Middle English nerve, from Medieval Latin nervus (“nerve”), from Latin nervus (“sinew”). Doublet of neuron and sinew. Verb verb sense 4 is chiefly a semantic loan from German nerven.
Example Sentences
- "The nerves can be seen through the skin."
- "Like her I go; I cannot stay; I leave this mortal ark behind, A weight of nerves without a mind, And leave the cliffs, and haste away […]"
- "Some plants have ornamental value because of their contrasting nerves."
Ad