any of the threadlike bands of nervous tissue that connects parts of the nervous system with the other organs and, conducts nervous impulses, and are made up of axons (conducting away from the nerve cell; see axon) and dendrites (conducting to the nerve cell; see dendrite), together with protective and supportive structures
courage and determination
a stunt that took some nerve
informal cheek; audacity
(in pl) feelings of acute nervousness
the sensitive pulp of a tooth
archaic a sinew or tendon
He sweats, strains his young nerves — Shakespeare
an unbranched rib in a leaf, esp of a moss
hit/touch a nerve
to mention a sensitive subject
[Latin nervus sinew, nerve]