Fever
noun
A high body temperature due to illness.
She was admitted to the hospital with a high fever.
Often appears as...
- high fever
- run a fever
noun
A state of intense excitement or activity.
The whole city was in a fever of anticipation for the big game.
Often appears as...
- in a fever
- fever of anticipation
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Idiomatic
noun
A type of infectious disease characterized by fever, such as dengue or yellow fever.
He contracted yellow fever during his trip to South America.
Often appears as...
- typhoid fever
- yellow fever
noun
A high body temperature due to illness.
She was admitted to the hospital with a high fever.
Often appears as...
- high fever
- run a fever
noun
A state of intense excitement or activity.
The whole city was in a fever of anticipation for the big game.
Often appears as...
- in a fever
- fever of anticipation
Usage tips
Idiomatic
noun
A type of infectious disease characterized by fever, such as dengue or yellow fever.
He contracted yellow fever during his trip to South America.
Often appears as...
- typhoid fever
- yellow fever
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Medical Condition
Use 'fever' to describe an elevated body temperature caused by illness, not just feeling warm.
The child developed a fever overnight.
Pro Tip 2/3Common Expressions
'Running a fever' means currently having a high temperature, while 'breaking a fever' means the fever is subsiding.
She's been running a fever since morning but finally broke it by evening.
Pro Tip 3/3Severity Indicator
Adjectives like 'high', 'low', 'spiking' describe fever's intensity and can signal the seriousness of illness.
He has a high fever, so we must consult a doctor immediately.
Pro Tip 1/3Medical Condition
Use 'fever' to describe an elevated body temperature caused by illness, not just feeling warm.
The child developed a fever overnight.
Pro Tip 2/3Common Expressions
'Running a fever' means currently having a high temperature, while 'breaking a fever' means the fever is subsiding.
She's been running a fever since morning but finally broke it by evening.
Pro Tip 3/3Severity Indicator
Adjectives like 'high', 'low', 'spiking' describe fever's intensity and can signal the seriousness of illness.
He has a high fever, so we must consult a doctor immediately.
Pro Tip 1/3Medical Condition
Use 'fever' to describe an elevated body temperature caused by illness, not just feeling warm.
The child developed a fever overnight.
Pro Tip 2/3Common Expressions
'Running a fever' means currently having a high temperature, while 'breaking a fever' means the fever is subsiding.
She's been running a fever since morning but finally broke it by evening.
Pro Tip 3/3Severity Indicator
Adjectives like 'high', 'low', 'spiking' describe fever's intensity and can signal the seriousness of illness.
He has a high fever, so we must consult a doctor immediately.
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The loathsome, lethal...
Turns out we don't really like that too much. In fact, humans hate mosquitos so much that we spend billions of dollars worldwide to keep them away from us -- from citronella candles to bug sprays to heavy-duty agricultural pesticides. But it's not just that mosquitos are annoying, they're also deadly. Mosquitos can transmit everything from malaria to yellow fever
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How we conquered the...
the eight-year-old son of his gardener. After a few days of fever and discomfort, the boy seemed to recover. Two months later, Jenner inoculated the boy again, this time with matter from a fresh smallpox lesion. No disease developed, and Jenner concluded that protection was complete. His plan had worked.
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Can you outsmart the...
Having observed abdominal inflammation in patients who go on to develop the fever, he claims this inflammation is the cause of childbed fever. Much of the medical establishment supports his theory. Oh, come on! They really leave me no choice but to teach them some skepticism.
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A "living drug" that...
They said I was a cowboy for suggesting that. And since her fever and low blood pressure had not responded to any other therapy, her doctor quickly asked permission to the institutional review board, her parents, and everybody, of course, said yes. And they tried it,
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What we know (and don't...
the disease caused by the Ebola virus is a severe type of hemorrhagic fever. It begins by attacking the immune system's cells and neutralizing its responses, allowing the virus to proliferate. Starting anywhere from two to twenty days after contraction,
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What happens when you...
but I'd never really been sick in my life, and I knew that usually, if you have a virus, you stay home and you make some chicken soup, and in a few days, everything will be fine. But this time it wasn't fine. After the fever broke,
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Learning from smallpox:...
primarily through close, face to face contact, causing fever, aches and rashes. It killed up to 30% of its victims and often left survivors with life-long disfiguring scars. The devastating impact of smallpox was so great
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Deadly Mates: Black...
an erotic ritual okay now here's the big moment that's the male inserting sperm into the female using its fever called a help as you can see part of the ritual is leaving part of himself inside the
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A journey around the...
dengue fever for three days in a jungle alone and a week later while drug trafficker even my camp at night with automatic gun so Thailand came like as a relief crew really because it's helped
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How Koalas Breed PIPE...
the girls going with young hot-blooded Liam displaying the enclosure reaches fever pitch head bobbing bellowing and scent-marking
Video examples
The loathsome, lethal...
Turns out we don't really like that too much. In fact, humans hate mosquitos so much that we spend billions of dollars worldwide to keep them away from us -- from citronella candles to bug sprays to heavy-duty agricultural pesticides. But it's not just that mosquitos are annoying, they're also deadly. Mosquitos can transmit everything from malaria to yellow fever
Video examples
How we conquered the...
the eight-year-old son of his gardener. After a few days of fever and discomfort, the boy seemed to recover. Two months later, Jenner inoculated the boy again, this time with matter from a fresh smallpox lesion. No disease developed, and Jenner concluded that protection was complete. His plan had worked.
Video examples
Can you outsmart the...
Having observed abdominal inflammation in patients who go on to develop the fever, he claims this inflammation is the cause of childbed fever. Much of the medical establishment supports his theory. Oh, come on! They really leave me no choice but to teach them some skepticism.
Video examples
A "living drug" that...
They said I was a cowboy for suggesting that. And since her fever and low blood pressure had not responded to any other therapy, her doctor quickly asked permission to the institutional review board, her parents, and everybody, of course, said yes. And they tried it,
Video examples
What we know (and don't...
the disease caused by the Ebola virus is a severe type of hemorrhagic fever. It begins by attacking the immune system's cells and neutralizing its responses, allowing the virus to proliferate. Starting anywhere from two to twenty days after contraction,
Video examples
What happens when you...
but I'd never really been sick in my life, and I knew that usually, if you have a virus, you stay home and you make some chicken soup, and in a few days, everything will be fine. But this time it wasn't fine. After the fever broke,
Video examples
Learning from smallpox:...
primarily through close, face to face contact, causing fever, aches and rashes. It killed up to 30% of its victims and often left survivors with life-long disfiguring scars. The devastating impact of smallpox was so great
Video examples
Deadly Mates: Black...
an erotic ritual okay now here's the big moment that's the male inserting sperm into the female using its fever called a help as you can see part of the ritual is leaving part of himself inside the
Video examples
A journey around the...
dengue fever for three days in a jungle alone and a week later while drug trafficker even my camp at night with automatic gun so Thailand came like as a relief crew really because it's helped
Video examples
How Koalas Breed PIPE...
the girls going with young hot-blooded Liam displaying the enclosure reaches fever pitch head bobbing bellowing and scent-marking
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Paul Auster
American Author
The book that convinced me I wanted to be a writer was 'Crime and Punishment'. I put the thing down after reading it in a fever over two or three days... I said, 'If this is what a book can be, then that is what I want to do.
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John Cusack
American Actor
If I'm in something that I think is kinda good, it stays with me like a fever dream for a long time afterwards. I don't recall the finished product so much as the feeling of making it.
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Sam Walton
American Businessman
If you love your work, you'll be out there every day trying to do it the best you possibly can, and pretty soon everybody around will catch the passion from you - like a fever.
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B. B. King
American Musician
Do I love the road? Honestly? No - but it's how I earn my living. I also don't have the blues, like it's some kind of fever. The blues is my job. It's what I do.
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Georg Buchner
German Dramatist
The death clock is ticking slowly in our breast, and each drop of blood measures its time, and our life is a lingering fever.
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Damien Chazelle
American Director
As delicate as 'Guy and Madeline' was, it was important that 'Whiplash' come off as more of a fever dream.
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William Penn
English Leader
Passion is a sort of fever in the mind, which ever leaves us weaker than it found us.
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Jane Goldman
English Writer
Always build. If you start at fever pitch, there's nowhere to go.
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Jessica Valenti
American Writer
Wedding fever is one of the scariest diseases I have ever seen.
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Julia Roberts
American Actress
A fever is an expression of inner rage.
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Paul Auster
American Author
The book that convinced me I wanted to be a writer was 'Crime and Punishment'. I put the thing down after reading it in a fever over two or three days... I said, 'If this is what a book can be, then that is what I want to do.
Quote examples
John Cusack
American Actor
If I'm in something that I think is kinda good, it stays with me like a fever dream for a long time afterwards. I don't recall the finished product so much as the feeling of making it.
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Sam Walton
American Businessman
If you love your work, you'll be out there every day trying to do it the best you possibly can, and pretty soon everybody around will catch the passion from you - like a fever.
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B. B. King
American Musician
Do I love the road? Honestly? No - but it's how I earn my living. I also don't have the blues, like it's some kind of fever. The blues is my job. It's what I do.
Quote examples
Georg Buchner
German Dramatist
The death clock is ticking slowly in our breast, and each drop of blood measures its time, and our life is a lingering fever.
Quote examples
Damien Chazelle
American Director
As delicate as 'Guy and Madeline' was, it was important that 'Whiplash' come off as more of a fever dream.
Quote examples
William Penn
English Leader
Passion is a sort of fever in the mind, which ever leaves us weaker than it found us.
Quote examples
Jane Goldman
English Writer
Always build. If you start at fever pitch, there's nowhere to go.
Quote examples
Jessica Valenti
American Writer
Wedding fever is one of the scariest diseases I have ever seen.
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Julia Roberts
American Actress
A fever is an expression of inner rage.
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