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fe·ver
(fē′vər)n.
1.
a. Abnormally high body temperature.
b. Any of various diseases characterized by abnormally high body temperature.
2.
a. A condition of heightened activity or excitement: a fever of anticipation.
b. A contagious, usually short-lived enthusiasm or craze: disco fever.
v. fe·vered, fe·ver·ing, fe·vers
v.tr.
To effect fever in.
v.intr.
To be or become feverish.
[Middle English, from Old English fefor and from Old French fievre, both from Latin febris.]
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fever
(ˈfiːvə)n
1. (Pathology) an abnormally high body temperature, accompanied by a fast pulse rate, dry skin, etc.
2. (Pathology) any of various diseases, such as yellow fever or scarlet fever, characterized by a high temperature
3. intense nervous excitement or agitation: she was in a fever about her party.
vb
(tr) to affect with or as if with fever
[Old English fēfor, from Latin febris]
ˈfevered adj
ˈfeverless adj
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
fe•ver
(ˈfi vər)n.
1. an abnormally high body temperature.
2. any of various diseases in which high temperature is a prominent symptom, as scarlet fever or rheumatic fever.
3. intense nervous excitement: in a fever of anticipation.
v.t. 4. to affect with or as if with fever.
v.i. 5. to become feverish; have or get a fever.
[before 1000; Middle English; Old English fefer < Latin febris fever]
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
fe·ver
(fē′vər) A body temperature higher than normal. Fever is usually a response by the body's immune system against infection, as by a virus.
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fever
Past participle: fevered
Gerund: fevering
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| Noun | 1. |  fever - a rise in the temperature of the body; frequently a symptom of infectionsymptom - (medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease hyperpyrexia - extremely high fever (especially in children) |
| 2. | fever - intense nervous anticipation; "in a fever of resentment" anticipation, expectancy - an expectation buck fever - nervous excitement of an inexperienced hunter gold fever - greed and the contagious excitement of a gold rush |
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fever
noun
1. ague, high temperature, feverishness, pyrexia (Medical) Symptoms of the disease include fever and weight loss.
Proverbs
"Feed a cold and starve a fever"
"Feed a cold and starve a fever"
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Translations
horečka
feber
kuume
groznica
láz
hiti
熱発熱
열
febris
aukščiausio laipsniokarščiuojantiskarštiskarštligėkarštligiškai
drudzissatraukumsuzbudinājums
febrătemperatură
vročina
грозница
feber
ไข้
cơn sốt
fever
[ˈfiːvəʳ]A. N
B. CPD fever pitch N it reached fever pitch → se puso al rojo vivo
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
fever
[ˈfiːvər] nCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
fever
n
→ Fieber nt no pl; tropical fevers → tropische Fieberkrankheiten pl; to have a fever → eine Fieberkrankheit haben; (= high temperature) → Fieber haben
(fig) → Aufregung f, → Erregung f, → Fieber nt; election fever → Wahlfieber nt, → Wahlrausch m; in a fever of excitement → in fieberhafter Erregung
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
fever
[ˈfiːvəʳ] na. (high temperature) → febbre f
he has a fever → ha la febbre
a bout of fever → un accesso di febbre
a high/slight fever → una febbre alta/leggera
he has a fever → ha la febbre
a bout of fever → un accesso di febbre
a high/slight fever → una febbre alta/leggera
b. (excitement) → eccitazione f
the gambling fever (fig) → la febbre del gioco
in a fever of excitement → in uno stato di eccitazione febbrile
it reached fever pitch → ha raggiunto il colmo dell'emozione
the gambling fever (fig) → la febbre del gioco
in a fever of excitement → in uno stato di eccitazione febbrile
it reached fever pitch → ha raggiunto il colmo dell'emozione
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
fever
(ˈfiːvə) noun (an illness causing) high body temperature and quick heart-beat. She is in bed with a fever; a fever of excitement.
ˈfeverish adjective1. having a slight fever. She seems a bit feverish tonight.
2. restlessly excited. a feverish air.
ˈfeverishly adverb quickly and excitedly. He wrote feverishly.
at fever pitch at a level of great excitement. The crowd's excitement was at fever pitch as they waited for the filmstar to appear.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
fever
→ حُمَّى horečka feber Fieber πυρετός fiebre kuume fièvre groznica febbre 熱 열 koorts feber gorączka febre лихорадка feber ไข้ ateş cơn sốt 发烧Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
fe·ver
n. fiebre, calentura;
enteric ___ → ___ entérica, intestinal;
___ blister → herpes febril;
___ of unknown origin → ___ de origen desconocido;
intermittent ___ → ___ intermitente;
rabbit ___ → ___ de conejo, tularemia;
rheumatoid ___ → ___ reumatoidea;
remittent ___ → ___ remitente;
Rocky Mountain ___ → ___ manchada de las Montañas Rocosas;
scarlet ___ → escarlatina;
yellow ___ → ___ amarilla, paludismo, malaria;
typhoid ___ → ___ tifoidea;
undulant ___ → brucelosis.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
Collins Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
fever
n fiebre f, calentura; enteric — fiebre entérica, fiebre tifoidea; familial Mediterranean — fiebre mediterránea familiar; hay — rinitis alérgica (form), fiebre de(l) heno, alergia al polen; hemorrhagic — fiebre hemorrágica; Mediterranean spotted — fiebre bo-tonosa mediterránea; Q — fiebre Q; relapsing — fiebre recurrente; rheumatic — fiebre reumática; Rocky Mountain spotted — fiebre manchada or maculosa de las Montañas Rocosas; scarlet — escarlatina; typhoid — fiebre tifoidea; valley — (fam) coccidioidomicosis f; yellow — fiebre amarillaEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.