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fever

/ˈfivɚ/ noun A1
  1. A higher than normal body temperature of a person (or, generally, a mammal), usually caused by disease. (countable, uncountable) · There has been a rise in my fever. I think I've the flu.
  2. Any of various diseases. (countable, uncountable) · scarlet fever
  3. A state of excitement or anxiety. (countable, uncountable)
  4. A group of stingrays. (countable)
  5. Sexual attraction towards a specific group of people. (countable, slang, uncountable) · Asian fever· clown fever

Plural fevers

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She died of fever when I was just three months old.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 50 · C1
And father died four days afterwards from fever too.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 50 · C1
“You needn’t get in such a fever over it.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 167 · C1
All the Avonlea scholars were in a fever of excitement that day, for the hall had to be decorated and a last grand rehearsal held.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 197 · C1

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