FEVER
What does "FEVER" mean?
An abnormally high body temperature, usually a sign of illness.
Meanings
- A raised body temperature, typically caused by infection. Her fever spiked overnight and the doctor told her to rest.
- A state of intense, often contagious excitement or enthusiasm. Election fever gripped the whole town for a week. figurative
- To affect with or as if with a fever. Anticipation fevered the crowd before the gates opened. figurative
Did you know?
- Chills during a fever aren't the illness winning - they're the body deliberately raising its internal thermostat, so the unchanged room now feels freezing and shivering generates heat to reach the new target.
Word origin
From Latin 'febris' (fever), via Old English 'fefor'; reinforced in Middle English by Old French 'fievre'.
Remember it
FEVER hides 'EVE' in the middle - picture lying awake and burning on a long restless evening.
A little poem
Cold sheets, and yet I burn-
the body lights its own fire
to fight what I can't see.
haiku
Wordplay
- I told my thermometer a joke and it cracked up - now everything I touch has a fever.
What it teaches
Sometimes the heat you feel is not damage but defense; the body burns to win.
Quick facts
What does FEVER mean?
An abnormally high body temperature, usually a sign of illness.
Is FEVER a valid word?
Yes — FEVER is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is FEVER?
FEVER has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does FEVER come from?
From Latin 'febris' (fever), via Old English 'fefor'; reinforced in Middle English by Old French 'fievre'.
What can FEVER teach us?
Sometimes the heat you feel is not damage but defense; the body burns to win.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.