different between nerve vs hide

English

Etymology

Recorded since circa 1374, from Medieval Latin nervus (“nerve”), from Latin nervus (“sinew”). Doublet of neuron and sinew.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /n?v/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /n??v/
• (NYC) IPA^(key): /n??v/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /n??v/
• Rhymes: -??(?)v

Noun

nerve (plural nerves)

1. A bundle of neurons with their connective tissue sheaths, blood vessels and lymphatics.

   Hyponyms: see Thesaurus:nerve

2. (nonstandard, colloquial) A neuron.
3. (botany) A vein in a leaf; a grain in wood

4. Courage, boldness.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:courage

   • 2013, Daniel Taylor, Jack Wilshere scores twice to ease Arsenal to victory over Marseille (in The Guardian, 26 November 2013)[2]

     A trip to the whistling, fire-cracking Stadio San Paolo is always a test of nerve but Wenger's men have already outplayed the Italians once.

5. Patience.

6. Stamina, endurance, fortitude.
7. Audacity, gall.

   Synonyms: brashness, brazenness, balls; see also Thesaurus:courage
8. (polymer technology) The elastic resistance of raw rubber or other polymers to permanent deformation during processing.

   A nervy tank lining will be difficult to lay around tight bends or in corners because it tends to spring back.

   • 1959, Newell A Perry, Eric O Ridgway, US patent US2870103 A[3]

     The nerviness (ability to recover quickly from strain or stretching) ... generally requires it to be broken down or masticated on the mill before the other compounding ingredients are added. In the break-down operation, heat is inherently generated by the sheer action of the milling or mixing equipment on the polymer. Therefore, it is difficult to maintain the desired low temperatures during the milling or mixing... An object of this invention is to reduce the inherent nerve of ... polymers ... during break-down.

9. (in the plural) Agitation caused by fear, stress or other negative emotion.

10. (obsolete) Sinew, tendon.
    • 1610, The Tempest, by Shakespeare, act 1 scene 2

      Come on; obey: / Thy nerves are in their infancy again, / And have no vigour in them.

    • 1725, Alexander Pope. Pope's Homer: Odyssey Book X [4]

      Whilst thus their fury rages at the bay,
      My sword our cables cut, I call'd to weigh,
      And charg'd my men, as they from fate would fly,
      Each nerve to strain, each bending oar to ply.

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Verb

nerve (third-person singular simple present nerves, present participle nerving, simple past and past participle nerved)

1. (transitive) To give courage.

   May their example nerve us to face the enemy.

2. (transitive) To give strength; to supply energy or vigour.

   The liquor nerved up several of the men after their icy march.

Usage notes

• Sometimes used with “up”.

Synonyms

• (give strength): See also Thesaurus:strengthen

Translations

References

Anagrams

• Verne, erven, never

Dutch

Noun

nerve f (plural nerven, diminutive nerfje n)

1. Obsolete form of nerf.

Anagrams

• erven, reven, veren

French

Verb

nerve

1. first-person singular present indicative of nerver
2. third-person singular present indicative of nerver
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of nerver
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of nerver
5. second-person singular imperative of nerver

German

Pronunciation

Verb

nerve

1. inflection of nerven:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative

Latin

Noun

nerve

1. vocative singular of nervus

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????? (neûron), and Latin nervus

Noun

nerve m (definite singular nerven, indefinite plural nerver, definite plural nervene)

1. nerve

Derived terms

• isjiasnerve
• nervecelle
• nervesystem

References

“nerve” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????? (neûron), and Latin nervus

Noun

nerve m (definite singular nerven, indefinite plural nervar, definite plural nervane)

1. nerve

Derived terms

• isjiasnerve
• nervecelle
• nervesystem

References

• “nerve” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

English

Alternative forms

• hyde (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• enPR: h?d, IPA^(key): /ha?d/
• Rhymes: -a?d

Etymology 1

From Middle English hiden, huden, from Old English h?dan (“to hide, conceal, preserve”), from Proto-West Germanic *h?dijan (“to conceal”), from Proto-Germanic *h?dijan? (“to conceal”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewd?- (“to cover, wrap, encase”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH- (“to cover”).

The verb was originally weak. In the King James Version of the Bible (1611) both hid and hidden are used for the past participle.

Verb

hide (third-person singular simple present hides, present participle hiding, simple past hid, past participle hidden or (archaic) hid)

1. (transitive) To put (something) in a place where it will be harder to discover or out of sight.

   Synonyms: conceal, hide away, secrete

   Antonyms: disclose, expose, reveal, show, uncover

   • 1856, Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary, Part III Chapter XI, translated by Eleanor Marx-Aveling

     The blind man, whom he had not been able to cure with the pomade, had gone back to the hill of Bois-Guillaume, where he told the travellers of the vain attempt of the druggist, to such an extent, that Homais when he went to town hid himself behind the curtains of the "Hirondelle" to avoid meeting him.

2. (intransitive) To put oneself in a place where one will be harder to find or out of sight.

   Synonyms: go undercover, hide away, hide out, lie low

   Antonyms: reveal, show

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

From Old English h?d, of Germanic origin, from Proto-West Germanic *h?di, from Proto-Germanic *h?diz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kew-t- (“skin, hide”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH- (“to cover”). More at sky.

Noun

hide (plural hides)

2. (countable) The skin of an animal.

   Synonyms: pelt, skin

3. (obsolete or derogatory) The human skin.
4. (uncountable, informal, usually US) One's own life or personal safety, especially when in peril.
   • 1957, Ayn Rand, Francisco d'Anconia's speech in Atlas Shrugged:

     The rotter who simpers that he sees no difference between the power of money and the power of the whip, ought to learn the difference on his own hide—as I think he will.

5. (countable) (mainly British) A covered structure from which hunters, birdwatchers, etc can observe animals without scaring them.
6. (countable, architecture) A secret room for hiding oneself or valuables; a hideaway.
7. (countable) A covered structure to which a pet animal can retreat, as is recommended for snakes.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

hide (third-person singular simple present hides, present participle hiding, simple past and past participle hided)

1. To beat with a whip made from hide.
   • 1891, Robert Weir, J. Moray Brown, Riding

     He ran last week, and he was hided, and he was out on the day before yesterday, and here he is once more, and he knows he's got to run and to be hided again.

Etymology 3

From Middle English hide, from Old English h?d, h?d, h??ed, h??id (“a measure of land”), for earlier *h?wid (“the amount of land needed to support one family”), a derivative of Proto-Germanic *h?waz, *h?w? (“relative, fellow-lodger, family”), from Proto-Indo-European *?ey- (“to lie with, store, be familiar”). Related to Old English h?wisc (“hide of land, household”), Old English h?wan (“members of a family, household”). More at hewe, hind.

Noun

hide (plural hides)

1. (historical) A unit of land and tax assessment of varying size, originally as intended to support one household with dependents. [from 9th c.]
   • 2016, Peter H. Wilson, The Holy Roman Empire, Penguin 2017, p. 488:

     The exact size of hides varied with soil quality, but each one generally encompassed 24 to 26 hectares.

   Synonym: carucate

Usage notes

The hide was originally intended to represent the amount of land farmed by a single household but was primarily connected to obligations owed (in England) to the Saxon and Norman kings, and thus varied greatly from place to place. Around the time of the Domesday Book under the Normans, the hide was usually but not always the land expected to produce £1 (1 Tower pound of sterling silver) in income over the year.

Hypernyms

• (100 hides) barony

Hyponyms

• (¹?₄ hide) See virgate
• (¹?₈ hide) See oxgang
• (¹?₁₆ hide) nook
• farundel

Anagrams

• Heid, Ihde, hied

Albanian

Alternative forms

• ide

Etymology

From Turkish i?de (“oleaster”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?hid?/

Noun

hide f (indefinite plural hide, definite singular hidja, definite plural hidet)

1. (botany) jujube (Ziziphus jujuba)

Synonyms

• xinxife

References

Middle English

Etymology 1

from Old English h?d, h?d, h??ed, h??id (“a measure of land”), from earlier *h?wid (“the amount of land needed to support one family”), a derivative of Proto-Germanic *h?waz, *h?w? (“relative, fellow-lodger, family”), related to *h?wô (“household”).

Noun

hide (plural hides or hiden or hide)

1. hide (unit of land)

Alternative forms

• hyde

Descendants

• English: hide
• Scots: hyd, hid

References

• “h?de, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

From hiden (“to hide”).

Noun

hide

1. concealment
2. hiding spot

Alternative forms

• hid, hyd, hyde

Descendants

• English: hide
• Scots: hide

References

• “h?d(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 3

Noun

hide (plural hides or hiden)

1. Alternative form of hyde (“skin”)

Etymology 4

Noun

hide

1. Alternative form of hythe (“landing place, port”)

Etymology 5

Noun

hide (plural hides)

1. Alternative form of heed (“head”)

Etymology 6

Verb

hide (third-person singular simple present hideth, present participle hidende, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle hidde)

1. Alternative form of hiden (“to hide”)