[nəːv], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a whitish fibre or bundle of fibres in the body that transmits impulses of sensation to the brain or spinal cord, and impulses from these to the muscles and organs
(e.g: the optic nerve)

- one's steadiness and courage in a demanding situation
(e.g: an amazing journey which tested her nerves to the full)

- feelings of nervousness
(e.g: his first-night nerves soon disappeared)

- a prominent unbranched rib in a leaf, especially in the midrib of the leaf of a moss


Phrases:
- bundle of nerves
- get on someone's nerves
- have nerves of steel
- hit a nerve
- live on one's nerves
- strain every nerve
- war of nerves

Origin:
late Middle English (also in the sense ‘tendon, sinew’): from Latin nervus; related to Greek neuron ‘nerve’ (see neuron)

[nəːv], (Verb)

Definitions:
- brace oneself mentally to face a demanding situation
(e.g: she nerved herself to enter the room)


Phrases:
- bundle of nerves
- get on someone's nerves
- have nerves of steel
- hit a nerve
- live on one's nerves
- strain every nerve
- war of nerves

Origin:
late Middle English (also in the sense ‘tendon, sinew’): from Latin nervus; related to Greek neuron ‘nerve’ (see neuron)