nerved

1. 1
   verb

   Past tense and past participle of nerve. Use this form for something that already happened.

   She nerved herself to speak in front of the whole class.

   He had nerved himself for the bad news before he picked up the phone.

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2. 2
   adjectivein compounds

   Having nerves of a certain kind, such as steady nerves or shaky ones.

   The bravest climbers are steel-nerved when the rock turns vertical.

   Only the most strongly nerved among them stayed calm during the alarm.

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3. 3
   adjectivein compounds

   Having one or more main veins, as a leaf does.

   Like the thin lines you can see running through a leaf when you hold it up to the light.

   The fern's leaves are clearly nerved down the middle.

   Each blade is three-nerved, with thin lines running from the base.

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