nerve
nerve is a 5-letter English word with 12 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- 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.
- noun. A sinew or a tendon.
- noun. Physical force or steadiness; muscular power and control; constitutional vigor.
- noun. Steadiness and firmness of mind; self-command in personal danger, or under suffering; unshaken courage and endurance; coolness; pluck; resolution.
- noun. Audacity; assurance.
- 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.
- noun. One of the nervures, or veins, in the wings of insects.
- transitive verb. To give strength or vigor to; to supply with force; as, fear nerved his arm.
- noun. impudent aggressiveness
"I couldn't believe her boldness"
"he had the effrontery to question my honesty"
- noun. the courage to carry on
"he kept fighting on pure spunk"
"you haven't got the heart for baseball"
- noun. any bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body
- verb. get ready for something difficult or unpleasant
Synonyms
boldness, brass, cheek, face, heart, mettle, spunk, nervus, steel
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in nerve:
Common word forms
nerved, nerver, nerves, nerving, nerveless
Words from these letters
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