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Word entry · 5 letters

nerve

Best crossword clue

"Bold courage"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /nɜːv/Part of speech verb, nounSorted eenrvStarts with NEnds with E1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. get ready for something difficult or unpleasant

Word origin

Recorded since circa 1374 as Middle English nerve, from Medieval Latin nervus (“nerve”), from Latin nervus (“sinew”). Doublet of neuron and sinew.

Used in a sentence

  • The nerves can be seen through the skin.
  • Like her I go; I cannot stay; ⁠I leave this mortal ark behind, A weight of nerves without a mind, And leave the cliffs, and haste away […]
  • Some plants have ornamental value because of their contrasting nerves.

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