fever
A higher than normal body temperature of a person (or, generally, a mammal), usually caused by disease.
Noun 4 meanings
A higher than normal body temperature of a person (or, generally, a mammal), usually caused by disease.
“There has been a rise in my fever. I think I've the flu.”
Any of various diseases.
“scarlet fever”
A state of excitement or anxiety.
A group of stingrays.
Verb 2 meanings
To put into a fever; to affect with fever.
“a fevered lip”
To become fevered.
Etymology
From Middle English fever, fevere, from Old English fefer, fefor (“fever”) and Old French fievre (“fever”), from Latin febris (“a fever”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- (“to burn”). Displaced native Old English hriþ (“fever”). Compare also Saterland Frisian Fiewer, German Fieber, Danish feber, Swedish feber.
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FEVER at a glance
FEVER has 5 letters and scores 11 points in Scrabble (F 4 + E 1 + V 4 + E 1 + R 1) and 12 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #4,856 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with fever
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- NEVER8
- FEWER11
- LEVER8
- SEVER8
- FIVER11
- BEVER10
- FAVER11
- FEYER11
- FERER8
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