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fever
fever is a 5-letter English word with 5 senses as noun and transitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A diseased state of the system, marked by increased heat, acceleration of the pulse, and a general derangement of the functions, including usually, thirst and loss of appetite. Many diseases, of which fever is the most prominent symptom, are denominated fevers; as, typhoid fever; yellow fever. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 12 · 5 senses
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- 1noun
A diseased state of the system, marked by increased heat, acceleration of the pulse, and a general derangement of the functions, including usually, thirst and loss of appetite. Many diseases, of which fever is the most prominent symptom, are denominated fevers; as, typhoid fever; yellow fever.
- 2noun
Excessive excitement of the passions in consequence of strong emotion; a condition of great excitement; as, this quarrel has set my blood in a fever.
- 3transitive verb
To put into a fever; to affect with fever; as, a fevered lip.
- 4noun
intense nervous anticipation
"in a fever of resentment"
- 5noun
a rise in the temperature of the body; frequently a symptom of infection
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