Definition of nerve

• n. - 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.
• n. - A sinew or a tendon.
• n. - Physical force or steadiness; muscular power and control; constitutional vigor.
• n. - Steadiness and firmness of mind; self-command in personal danger, or under suffering; unshaken courage and endurance; coolness; pluck; resolution.
• n. - Audacity; assurance.
• n. - 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.
• n. - One of the nervures, or veins, in the wings of insects.
• v. t. - To give strength or vigor to; to supply with force; as, fear nerved his arm.