Meaning

10 senses
  1. A bundle of neurons with their connective tissue sheaths, blood vessels and lymphatics.

    The nerves can be seen through the skin.

    Nerv

    нервnerv

    нервnerv

  2. (colloquial, nonstandard)A neuron.

    Nerv

    нервnerv

  3. A vein in a leaf; a grain in wood.

    Some plants have ornamental value because of their contrasting nerves.

    жи́лкаžílka

  4. Courage; boldness; audacity; gall.

    He had the nerve to enter my house uninvited.

    He hasn't the nerve to tell her he likes her.

    Mut, Unverschämtheit

    сме́лостьsmélostʹ, му́жествоmúžestvo, на́глостьnáglostʹ

    the courage to carry on

  5. Patience; stamina; endurance, fortitude.

    The web-team found git-sed is really a time and nerve saver when doing mass changes on your repositories

    Ausdauer, Geduld, Nerv

    вы́держкаvýderžka, терпе́ниеterpénije, хладнокро́виеxladnokróvije

  6. (in the plural)One's neural structures considered collectively as, and conceptually equated with, one's psyche.

    All these rationalizations for asinine behavior are getting on my nerves.

    His nerves could no longer handle the worry.

  7. (in the plural)Mental agitation caused by fear, stress or other negative emotions.

    Ellie had a bad case of nerves before the big test; she was a bundle of nerves.

  8. The elastic resistance of raw rubber or other polymers to permanent deformation during processing.

  9. A particular simplicial set constructed from a category.

  10. (obsolete)Sinew, tendon.

Examples

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  1. That music gets on his nerves.

    Та музика його нервує.

    ruТа музыка его нервирует.

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  2. This is getting on my nerves.

    Це діє мені на нерви.

    ruЭто действует мне на нервы.

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  3. The noise gets on my nerves.

    ruШум действует мне на нервы.

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  4. You have a lot of nerve.

    ruВ тебе много мужества.

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  5. It really gets on my nerves.

    ruЭто реально действует мне на нервы.

    deDas geht mir wirklich auf die Nerven!

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
bundle of neurons:
Русский
By meaning 6
bundle of neurons:
botany: vein; grain in wood:
courage, boldness:
audacity:
patience:
stamina:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
bundle of neurons:
courage, boldness:
audacity:
patience:

Origin

Recorded since circa 1374 as Middle English nerve, from Medieval Latin nervus (“nerve”), f

Recorded since circa 1374 as Middle English nerve, from Medieval Latin nervus (“nerve”), from Latin nervus (“sinew”). Doublet of neuron and sinew.

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