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nerve

pronunciation:: nuhrv
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part of speech:	noun
definition 1:	Nerves are long, very thing fibers inside your body that carry messages to and from the brain and other parts of the body. Nerves let you feel heat and pain and other things. Nerves give you the sense of touch. If you didn't have nerves going through your hand and arm and up to your brain, you would not be able to feel anything with your fingers.
definition 2:	When you have nerve, it means that you have courage to do something difficult. It took a lot of nerve for Paul to tell the truth about breaking his mother's favorite necklace. synonyms: backbone, courage similar words: balls, bravery
definition 3:	Sometimes having nerve means having courage to do something that other people would feel ashamed to do. Jamie had a lot of nerve to ask the teacher such a rude question. similar words: check, courage
related words:	vigor

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	groups of nerves
	bundle, system
	some actions of nerves
	feel, hear, hurt, see, smell, taste
	some body parts associated with nerves
	brain, skin, spinal cord
	some conditions related to nerves
	epilepsy, poliomyelitis
	some descriptions of nerves
	numb, sensitive
	some kinds of nerves
	motor, spinal cord
	some parts of nerves
	cell, ending, fiber, tissue
	some things nerves sense
	pain, pressure, temperature

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