adj
Meaning 1
Vigorous, strong; courageous.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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Standard Lemma guide
nerved
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adj
Meaning 2
Having nerves of a specified kind.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: in-compounds
Examples
- a strong-nerved hero
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adj
Meaning 3
Having one or more principal veins, especially of a leaf.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: in-compounds, often
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
Examples
- The leaf was palmately nerved.
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verb
Meaning 4
simple past and past participle of nerve
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
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History
Etymology
From nerve + -ed.
Across languages
Translations
2 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: -hermoinen — having nerves of a specified kind
- Finnish: -ruotinen — botany: having one or more principal veins