Nerve | Mean of nerve in English Dictionary

/ˈnɚv/

• Noun
• one of the many thin parts that control movement and feeling by carrying messages between the brain and other parts of the body
1. The optic nerve in the eye allows you to see.
2. a condition affecting the nerves in her arm
• courage that allows you to do something that is dangerous, difficult, or frightening
1. It takes a lot of nerve to start a new career.
2. He found/summoned the nerve to stand up to his boss.
3. I was going to ask her to the dance, but I lost my nerve.
• the rude attitude of someone who says or does things that make other people angry or upset
1. You have a lot of nerve to talk to me that way.
2. I can't believe she had the nerve to call me a liar.
3. “After making the mess, he didn't even offer to help clean it up.” “What (a) nerve!”

• feelings of being worried or nervous
1. The groom was overcome by nerves before his wedding.
2. The singer still suffers from nerves before a performance.
3. Her nerves were on edge [=she was nervous] before her exam.
4. I need a drink to steady/calm my nerves. [=relax]
• an extremely nervous person
1. He was a bundle of nerves before his speech.
• to become extremely annoying to someone
1. That car alarm is getting on my nerves.
• to make someone feel angry, upset, embarrassed, etc.
1. Something she said to him must have hit/struck/touched a nerve. I've never seen him so angry.
2. His controversial column might have hit a (raw/sensitive) nerve with some readers.
• an impressive ability to remain calm in dangerous or difficult situations
1. It takes nerves of steel to work in such a high-pressure job.
• a situation in which people do or say things to make other people feel afraid or nervous about what will happen
1. The company and the union are engaged in a war of nerves, with each side threatening the other.