Indicates a significantly elevated body temperature.
Indicates a slightly elevated body temperature.
Indicates a small increase in body temperature.
Intense, widespread excitement about the World Cup.
A very high and intense fever.
A fever that continues for a long time.
A type of fever caused by a virus, known as mononucleosis in AmE.
Widespread excitement and interest before an election.
American English term for glandular fever.
An infectious disease that causes a rash and fever.
A serious disease affecting the heart, joints, and brain.
Strong public support for starting a war.
A state of great excitement and enthusiasm about baseball.
A contagious excitement in a community, caused by a gold rush.
Used for the 'excitement' meaning of fever, indicating it has a strong effect on a person or group.
A short period of having a fever.
Used to describe the state of having a fever.
Used metaphorically to describe a state of intense emotion, e.g., 'in a fever of anxiety'.
To be suffering from an elevated body temperature.
Similar to 'have a fever', often used in continuous tenses.
A common and informal way to say you have started to have a fever.
To make a fever less severe.
To start to suffer from a fever.
To cause a fever to decrease; to reduce a high temperature.
To gradually start having a fever.
Emphasizes the discomfort of having a fever.
When an illness or infection makes the body temperature rise.
To become ill with a fever, often used informally.
When fever is one of the symptoms of an illness.
To get a fever, often used in a more formal or medical context.
To die as a result of a high fever or the illness causing it.