
Open English Wordnet
Nouns
(n)nerve, nervusany bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body (n)heart, mettle, nerve, spunkthe courage to carry on“he kept fighting on pure spunk”,
“you haven't got the heart for baseball” (n)boldness, nerve, brass, face, cheekimpudent aggressiveness“I couldn't believe her boldness”,
“he had the cheek to question my honesty” Verbs
(v)steel, nerveget ready for something difficult or unpleasant