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1. Bundle of fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body that transmit sensory and motor impulses
   - nervus
    
2. The courage to carry on
   "you haven't got the nerve for baseball";
   - heart, mettle, spunk [informal]
    
3. Impudent aggressiveness
   "I couldn't believe her nerve";
   - boldness, brass, face, cheek, brass neck [Brit, informal]

1. Get ready for something difficult or unpleasant
   - steel

Derived forms: nerved, nerving, nerves

Type of: aggressiveness, bottle [Brit, informal], brace, braveness, bravery, courage, courageousness, fascicle, fasciculus, fiber bundle [US], fibre bundle [Brit, Cdn], poise

Encyclopedia: Nerve