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# nerve

«nerve» in Mova's school dictionary: **One of the long thin fibres in the body that carry…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a nerve, nerves)

### meaning for a pupil

1) One of the long thin fibres in the body that carry messages between the brain and other parts, so we can feel and move. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nerve/#m1)

2) (nerve, uncountable) Courage to do something difficult or scary: «It took nerve to jump». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nerve/#m2)

3) (nerves) Feeling worried or nervous: «exam nerves». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nerve/#m3)

4) Rude boldness: «What a nerve!» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nerve/#m4)

5) To ache in every nerve means to feel sore and tired all over your body. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nerve/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons on the body: the brain, spinal cord and nerves make up the nervous system; nerves send signals so you feel pain or heat and pull your hand away. In stories and sport: «lose your nerve», «hold your nerve», «get on someone's nerves» (annoy them), «nerves of steel».

### examples

- Nerves carry messages from your skin to your brain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nerve/#x1)
- The dentist numbed the nerve in my tooth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nerve/#x2)
- It took a lot of nerve to sing on stage alone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nerve/#x3)
- She lost her nerve at the top of the diving board. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nerve/#x4)
- I always get nerves before a test. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nerve/#x5)
- My brother's noisy game gets on my nerves. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nerve/#x6)
- He had the nerve to take my seat! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nerve/#x7)
- It must have lasted fully two hours, and Little Toomai ached in every nerve, but he knew by the smell of the night air that the dawn was coming. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nerve/#x8)

### note

The adjective is «nervous» (worried), not «nervy» (which can mean bold or jumpy). «Nerves» (plural) often means worry. The «funny bone» is really a nerve in your elbow, not a bone.

### In the corpora

- [Nerves make breath short and the voice shaky, even in good singers; slow breathing before singing helps calm the voice.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/8-singing-choirs-and-talent-shows/5/)
- [The human body has about 30 trillion cells of many kinds, such as skin, bone, muscle, nerve and blood cells.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/64-cells-bones-and-muscles/6/)
- [Each time you practise something, the connections between the nerve cells involved get stronger, so the memory gets easier to find.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/68-the-brain-and-nerves/14/)
- [Menthol in mint switches on the nerve sensors that detect cold, so the mouth feels cool though it is not colder.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/70-senses-nose-tongue-and-skin/12/)
- [The adult brain weighs about 1.4 kilograms and has about 86 billion nerve cells, each connected to thousands of others.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/260-human-body-deeper-the-brain-and-nerves/6/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «nerve» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nerve/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.