Usually means: Bundle of fibers transmitting impulses.
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We found 52 dictionaries that define the word nerve:

General (28 matching dictionaries)
  1. nerve: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. nerve: Merriam-Webster
  3. nerve, nerve: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. nerve: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. nerve: Collins English Dictionary
  6. nerve: Vocabulary.com
  7. Nerve, nerve: Wordnik
  8. nerve: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. Nerve: InfoVisual Visual Dictionary
  10. nerve: Wiktionary
  11. nerve: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  12. nerve: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  13. nerve: Infoplease Dictionary
  14. nerve: Dictionary.com
  15. nerve: Online Etymology Dictionary
  16. nerve: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  17. Nerve (Francis novel), Nerve (Ryan novel), Nerve (band), Nerve (category theory), Nerve (disambiguation), Nerve (film), Nerve (magazine), Nerve (website), Nerve: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  18. Nerve: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  19. nerve: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  20. nerve: Rhymezone
  21. nerve: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  22. nerve: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  23. nerve: FreeDictionary.org
  24. nerve: Mnemonic Dictionary
  25. nerve: TheFreeDictionary.com
  26. nerve: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. nerve: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. nerve: Encyclopedia

Medicine (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. nerve: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Nerve: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. Nerve(s), Nerve: Merck Manuals
  5. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  6. Probert Encyclopaedia of Medicine (No longer online)
  7. GI Disorders (No longer online)
  8. Neurotrauma Glossary (No longer online)
  9. nerve: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  10. Glossary of HIV/AIDS Related Terms (No longer online)
  11. nerve: Medical dictionary
  12. Nerve: Drug Medical Dictionary
  13. Hyperdictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. baby names list (No longer online)
  2. nerve: Idioms

Science (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. Nerve: Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics
  2. Botanical Terms (No longer online)
  3. Bryological (No longer online)
  4. Flora of New South Wales (No longer online)
  5. nerve: PlanetMath Encyclopedia
  6. nerve: Natural History Terms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. nerve: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See nerved as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  A bundle of neurons with their connective tissue sheaths, blood vessels and lymphatics.
noun:  (nonstandard, colloquial) A neuron.
noun:  (botany) A vein in a leaf; a grain in wood.
noun:  Courage; boldness; audacity; gall.
noun:  Patience; stamina; endurance, fortitude.
noun:  (in the plural) One's neural structures considered collectively as, and conceptually equated with, one's psyche.
noun:  (in the plural) Mental agitation caused by fear, stress or other negative emotions.
noun:  (polymer technology) The elastic resistance of raw rubber or other polymers to permanent deformation during processing.
noun:  (obsolete) Sinew, tendon.
verb:  (transitive) To give courage.
verb:  (transitive) To give strength; to supply energy or vigour.

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