fever
noun
1. a rise in the temperature of the body; frequently a symptom of infection
Similar word(s): febricity, febrility, feverishness, pyrexia
Definition categories: state, symptom
2. intense nervous anticipation
- in a fever of resentment
Definition categories: feeling, anticipation, expectancy
Sentences with fever as a noun:
- "I have a fever. I think I've the flu."
- scarlet fever
verb
1. To put into a fever; to affect with fever.
- a fevered lip
- The white hand of a lady fever thee. — Shakespeare.