nerve
/nɜrv/
verb
- To give strength or courage to someone.
- The coach's speech nerved the team before the big game.
- He nerved himself to ask for help.
- Her encouraging words nerved him to try again.
noun
- A fiber or bundle of fibers in the body that carries signals between the brain and other parts.
- The doctor explained how the optic nerve helps you see.
- Nerves run throughout your body and control movement and sensation.
- Damage to a nerve can cause numbness or pain.
- Courage or confidence to do something difficult or risky.
- She had the nerve to ask for a raise after only one month on the job.
- You need nerve to try skydiving for the first time.
- It took a lot of nerve to stand up and speak in front of the crowd.
- Rude or disrespectful behavior; audacity.
- What nerve! He cut in line right in front of everyone.
- I can't believe she had the nerve to show up uninvited.
- He had the nerve to blame me for his mistake.