nerve
verb/nɜːv/
/nɜːrv/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they nerve | /nɜːv/ /nɜːrv/ |
| he / she / it nerves | /nɜːvz/ /nɜːrvz/ |
| past simple nerved | /nɜːvd/ /nɜːrvd/ |
| past participle nerved | /nɜːvd/ /nɜːrvd/ |
| -ing form nerving | /ˈnɜːvɪŋ/ /ˈnɜːrvɪŋ/ |
- nerve yourself for something/to do something to give yourself the courage or strength to do something difficult or unpleasant
- He nerved himself to ask her out.
Word Originlate Middle English (also in the sense ‘tendon, sinew’): from Latin nervus; related to Greek neuron ‘nerve’ (see neuron).
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