What is the meaning of NERVE. Phrases containing NERVE
See meanings and uses of NERVE!Slangs & AI meanings
n 1. A coward. 2. A young gay male, especially as sought by an older man. adj. Afraid; cowardly.intr.v.chickened, chickening, chickens To act in a cowardly manner; lose one's nerve: chickened out at the last moment.
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An old-time hobo practice, now virtually obsolete. The hobo would place a board across truss rods under a car and ride on it. This was very dangerous even in pleasant weather, and the possibility was ever present that you might doze, get careless, become too cramped, or lose your nerve-and roll under the wheels
This insult suggested one was unstable.
Nerves. e's got a bad case of the West Ham's.
Check your nerves is Black−American slang for command to keep cool
Nerver is slang for a bracing drink.Nerver is American slang for a gate−crasher.
Nerve is slang for audacity; assurance.Nerve was th and th century slang for a dashing man−about−town.
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Having three nerves.
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The state of being nerveless.
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Having the nerves spring from the midrib.
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The faculty of seeing; sight; one of the five senses, by which colors and the physical qualities of external objects are appreciated as a result of the stimulating action of light on the sensitive retina, an expansion of the optic nerve.
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Having nerves of a special character; as, weak-nerved.
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Causing movement in the walls of vessels; as, the vasomotor mechanisms; the vasomotor nerves, a system of nerves distributed over the muscular coats of the blood vessels.
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Having the nerves or veins arranged in a radiating manner; -- said of certain leaves, and of the wings of some insects.
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To give strength or vigor to; to supply with force; as, fear nerved his arm.
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An enlargement or swelling in a vessel, fiber, or the like; a varix; as, the varicosities of nerve fibers.
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Having the nerves radiating from the base; -- said of leaves.
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To move spasmodically; to twitch; as, a nerve vellicates.
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Causing dilation or relaxation of the blood vessels; as, the vasodilator nerves, stimulation of which causes dilation of the blood vessels to which they go. These nerves are also called vaso-inhibitory, and vasohypotonic nerves, since their stimulation causes relaxation and rest.
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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.
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Causing constriction of the blood vessels; as, the vasoconstrictor nerves, stimulation of which causes constriction of the blood vessels to which they go. These nerves are also called vasohypertonic.
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Of or pertaining to sight; used in sight; serving as the instrument of seeing; as, the visual nerve.
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Of, pertaining to, or situated near, the belly, or ventral side, of an animal or of one of its parts; hemal; abdominal; as, the ventral fin of a fish; the ventral root of a spinal nerve; -- opposed to dorsal.
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Destitute of nerves.
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Having nerves, or simple and parallel ribs or veins.
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