"nerve" meaning in Anglais

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Noun

IPA: \nɜː(r)v\ Audio: En-us-nerve.ogg Forms: nerves [plural]
  1. Nerf.
    Sense id: fr-nerve-en-noun-ejpRBY-P Categories (other): Lexique en anglais de la zoologie Topics: zoology
  2. Nervure d’une feuille.
    Sense id: fr-nerve-en-noun-pLWapDUL Categories (other): Exemples en anglais, Exemples en anglais à traduire, Lexique en anglais de la botanique Topics: botany
  3. Nerfs, état émotionnel. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: fr-nerve-en-noun-tX4Iqw~w Categories (other): Exemples en anglais, Exemples en anglais à traduire, Métaphores en anglais
  4. Nerfs, audace, courage, culot, audace. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: fr-nerve-en-noun-rIvjCFYU Categories (other): Exemples en anglais, Exemples en anglais à traduire, Métaphores en anglais
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Lemmes en anglais, Mots en anglais issus d’un mot en latin, Noms communs en anglais, Anglais Synonyms (Nerfs, audace, courage.): audacity, boldness, brashness, brazenness, courage, endurance, fortitude, gall, stamina Synonyms (Nervure.): flang, rib, vein Derived forms: bundle of nerves, get on one's nerves, nervation, nerve cell, nerve center, nerve ending, nerve fiber, nerve gas, nerve impulse, nerve-racking, nerve-wracking, nerveless, nerves of steel, nervi-, nervo-, nervous system, nervous, nervy, touch a nerve, unnerve, war of nerves

Verb

IPA: \nɜː(r)v\ Audio: En-us-nerve.ogg Forms: to nerve [infinitive], nerves [present, third-person, singular], nerved [preterite], nerved [participle, past], nerving [participle, present]
  1. Donner du courage, encourager.
    Sense id: fr-nerve-en-verb-VpaeE-v4 Categories (other): Exemples en anglais, Exemples en anglais à traduire
  2. Donner de la force, fortifier.
    Sense id: fr-nerve-en-verb-UfAlkI-d Categories (other): Exemples en anglais, Exemples en anglais à traduire
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (Donner de la force.): confirm, enforce, fortify, invigorate, strengthen Synonyms (Donner du courage.): encourage, foster, promote, spur, support

Inflected forms

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    },
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      "sense": "Donner de la force.",
      "sense_index": 2,
      "word": "fortify"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Donner de la force.",
      "sense_index": 2,
      "word": "invigorate"
    },
    {
      "sense": "Donner de la force.",
      "sense_index": 2,
      "word": "strengthen"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "transitive"
  ],
  "word": "nerve"
}

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