·noun Audacity; assurance.
II. Nerve ·noun A sinew or a tendon.
III. Nerve ·noun One of the nervures, or veins, in the wings of insects.
IV. Nerve ·vt To give strength or vigor to; to supply with force; as, fear nerved his arm.
V. Nerve ·noun Physical force or steadiness; muscular power and control; constitutional vigor.
VI. Nerve ·noun 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.
VII. Nerve ·noun Steadiness and firmness of mind; self-command in personal danger, or under suffering; unshaken courage and endurance; coolness; pluck; resolution.
VIII. Nerve ·noun 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.