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# nerves

«nerves» in Mova's school dictionary: **thin fibres in your body that carry messages between your…** — 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 (nerves — plural of nerve)

### meaning for a pupil

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

2) Nerves (informal) means the worried, nervous feeling you get before something important, like a test or a show. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nerves/#m2)

3) Nerves can mean courage to stay calm in a hard moment, as in «nerves of steel». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nerves/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In science, the nervous system is made of the brain, the spinal cord and nerves; nerves carry signals for touch, pain, heat and movement — that is how you quickly pull your hand away from something hot. In feelings lessons, having nerves (butterflies in your tummy) before a performance or test is normal, and deep breathing helps. Phrases: «a bag of nerves», «get on someone's nerves» (annoy them), «nerves of steel», «first-night nerves», «calm your nerves», «lose your nerve».

### examples

- Nerves carry messages from your skin to your brain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nerves/#x1)
- The spinal cord is a bundle of nerves. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nerves/#x2)
- I always get nerves before a test. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nerves/#x3)
- Deep breaths help calm your nerves. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nerves/#x4)
- His loud chewing gets on my nerves. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nerves/#x5)
- The goalkeeper had nerves of steel. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nerves/#x6)
- She was a bag of nerves before the concert. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nerves/#x7)
- When you touch something hot, your nerves send a signal very fast. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nerves/#x8)

### note

Plural of «nerve». Adjective: nervous. «Have the nerve to» can mean be brave, or be rude and cheeky. «Get on my nerves» means annoy me, not hurt my real nerves.

### 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/)
- [Ants and nettles inject formic acid and other chemicals that irritate the nerves in your skin.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/15-acids-in-the-kitchen/16/)
- [Nerves are normal, even for adults, and practice, a slow breath and a smile help most.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/48-spoken-language-presenting-and-show-and-tell/5/)
- ["Trouble with her nerves" is an old-fashioned way of saying anxiety or mental illness.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/4-illness-disability-and-babies/13/)
- [An arm keeps swelling for a day or two after a break, and a tight cast can squeeze blood vessels and nerves.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/2-the-cast-itching-signing-and-the-saw/10/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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