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# nerves

noun (nerves — plural of nerve)

«nerves» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Nerves are thin fibres in your body that carry messages between your brain and other parts of your body, so you can feel and move. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nerves/#m1)
2. Nerves (informal) means the worried, nervous feeling you get before something important, like a test or a show. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nerves/#m2)
3. Nerves can mean courage to stay calm in a hard moment, as in «nerves of steel». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nerves/#m3)

### In the lessons

In science, the nervous system is made of the brain, the spinal cord and nerves; nerves carry signals for touch, pain, heat and movement — that is how you quickly pull your hand away from something hot. In feelings lessons, having nerves (butterflies in your tummy) before a performance or test is normal, and deep breathing helps. Phrases: «a bag of nerves», «get on someone's nerves» (annoy them), «nerves of steel», «first-night nerves», «calm your nerves», «lose your nerve».

### Examples

- Nerves carry messages from your skin to your brain. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nerves/#x1)
- The spinal cord is a bundle of nerves. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nerves/#x2)
- I always get nerves before a test. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nerves/#x3)
- Deep breaths help calm your nerves. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nerves/#x4)
- His loud chewing gets on my nerves. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nerves/#x5)
- The goalkeeper had nerves of steel. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nerves/#x6)
- She was a bag of nerves before the concert. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nerves/#x7)
- When you touch something hot, your nerves send a signal very fast. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nerves/#x8)

### Note

Plural of «nerve». Adjective: nervous. «Have the nerve to» can mean be brave, or be rude and cheeky. «Get on my nerves» means annoy me, not hurt my real nerves.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «nerves» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nerves/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«nerves» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/nerves.html) on Mova free.