Synonym: bravado, courage, daring, mettle, stamina, strength. Antonym: unnerve. Similar words: serve, serve as, reserve, observe, observer, preserve, nervous, intervention. Meaning: [nɜrv /nɜːv] n. 1. any bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body 2. the courage to carry on 3. impudent aggressiveness. v. get ready for something difficult or unpleasant.
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211. The effects of the virus on nerve cells, which control muscle movements, vary significantly.
212. Back in 1988 he had the nerve to raise interest rates on the eve of the Republican convention.
213. Now he was scheduled to undergo a second surgery the next day to repair nerve and disc damage in his spine.
214. The Sporting News recently had the nerve to name Woods the most powerful man in all of sports.
215. What a nerve! I hope you didn't give him the money!
216. A single neuron can communicate with as many as 50, 000 other nerve cells in this way.
217. Lead is one of the most hazardous substances known, causing cancer and nerve damage.
218. The lance is represented by a nerve which has every likeness to the shape of that instrument.
219. I did not have the nerve to mention this to Owen's parents - a failing on my part.
220. There is no evidence to suggest that sweat glands and their receptors remain unchanged after nerve degeneration.
221. And these same Labour members have the nerve to criticise Mr Smith for offering weak opposition to the Government!
222. And if he has the nerve, apple crumble with custard.http://sentencedict.com/nerve.html
223. Not a man with a strong nerve, and certainly on the surface not one who could carry out a cold-blooded murder.
224. Injury or tissue damage stimulates nerve impulses in specialised sensory fibres. 2.
225. This absence of feeling, I dismissed as damaged nerve endings.
226. She's got a nerve, banging on at me about not caring.
227. Even under the microscope, it is hard to detect any structure, because of the bewildering variety of nerve fibres criss-crossing one another.
228. Synapses, minute gaps between neurones where one neurone receives signals from another, also facilitate nerve cell communication.
229. But sometimes the sciatic nerve can become irritated by a lack of blood supply.
230. Nerve cells are excitable - that is, they respond to stimuli.
231. It is not confined to the area touched but shoots along the entire distribution of the nerve branch.
232. He said the nerve may take several weeks to heal.
233. The sensation only occurs when the nerve impulse reaches the brain.
234. If all else fails, you may be advised to have an operation to relieve the pressure on the nerve.
235. Surgical therapy has been attempted by section of various neck muscles or the accessory nerve.
236. A more fundamental example concerns our brains, which are made of nerve cells which do not divide when we are adult.
237. Then one day for a brief second he got up his nerve and darted forward.
238. Finally I got up the nerve to check him into the state treatment center up north.
239. It requires holding your nerve, being totally committed and believing absolutely that's what you have got to do.
240. In cooperation with nerve filaments, muscle fibers and blood vessels duplicate tissue changes, simultaneously with associated organs of the body.
More similar words: serve, serve as, reserve, observe, observer, preserve, nervous, intervention, carve, curve, survey, harvest, service, serving, owner, surveillance, supervisor, interval, interview, runner, energy, manner, winner, mineral, trainer, planner, partner, prisoner, funeral, observation.