Wiktionary
n. The termination of a nerve, at the distal end of an axon
WordNet
n. the terminal structure of an axon that does not end at a synapse [syn: nerve end]
Usage examples of "nerve ending".
Suppose, for instance, that a particular nerve ending could record twenty times as intensely at maximum as at minimum.
She felt as if she were on a guillotine, waiting for the blade to fall, and as evening approached the tension grew and stretched until every nerve ending felt raw and exposed, until she felt like screaming to shatter the waiting stillness.
Again that pain, so acute that it electrified every nerve ending, so intense that it seemed to come from the very core of him.
She didn't want a man touching her, yet every nerve ending was on fire for him.
Desire spread like fire, leaping through his body, igniting every nerve ending until he was acutely aware of every breath she took.
His blood thickened and pooled, and his every nerve ending seemed to be centered where her hot, passionate mouth was working.
Every nerve ending screamed danger, and he concentrated on the elemental task of staying alive.
The ice-cold water shocked every nerve ending in Pitt's body before his adrenaline took over and he found himself swimming beside Broadmoor.
He didn't move, his wide shoulders blocking the sky, his heavy muscles rubbing along her skin causing every nerve ending in her body to come alive.
Hatred welled within him, fury igniting every nerve ending in his body as he watched her lick the last remaining evidence of his seed from her mouth.
How would they deal with the unbelievable horror of being burned to death-hair on fire, skin shriveling, eyeballs exploding, every nerve ending shrieking and screaming?
When you slid your arm through that crack you touched a nerve ending of the sealed power artery, part of ourselves.