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# fever

noun (a fever, fevers; fever, uncountable)

«fever» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A fever is when your body temperature is higher than normal because you are ill. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fever/#m1)
2. Fever is a state of great excitement, as in football fever. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fever/#m2)

### In the lessons

In health lessons, normal body temperature is about 37 °C (98.6 °F); a fever is a temperature above about 38 °C (100.4 °F). Fever is the body fighting germs. Rest, drink plenty, and tell an adult; a very high fever or a fever with a rash, stiff neck or breathing trouble needs a doctor. A thermometer measures it. Phrases: have a fever, run a fever, hay fever (an allergy, not a real fever), fever pitch, cabin fever (restless from staying indoors).

### Examples

- I had a fever and stayed home from school. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fever/#x1)
- Mum checked my temperature for a fever. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fever/#x2)
- Drink lots of water when you have a fever. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fever/#x3)
- The whole town caught World Cup fever. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fever/#x4)
- Hay fever makes me sneeze in spring. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fever/#x5)
- The baby is running a fever. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fever/#x6)

### Note

In British English people also say "a temperature" (He's got a temperature) to mean a fever. "Hay fever" is an allergy to pollen, with no fever. In maths problems with temperatures, a fever is a number above normal: 39 °C is 2 degrees above 37 °C.

## In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: Fever is one of the afflictions in the curses of the Torah for those who leave the covenant. Tradition reads these warnings as a call to return and keep the commandments. In the primary lessons: In health lessons, normal body temperature is about 37 °C (98.6 °F); a fever is a temperature above about 38 °C (100.4 °F). Fever is the body fighting germs. Rest, drink plenty, and tell an adult; a very high fever or a fever with a rash, stiff neck or breathing trouble needs a doctor. A thermometer measures it. Phrases: have a fever, run a fever, hay fever (an allergy, not a real fever), fever pitch, cabin fever (restless from staying indoors).

### Examples

- The LORD will smite thee with consumption, and with fever, and with inflammation, and with fiery heat, and with drought, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish. (Torah DEU.28.22, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fever/#x1)

### Note

In British English people also say "a temperature" (He's got a temperature) to mean a fever. "Hay fever" is an allergy to pollen, with no fever. In maths problems with temperatures, a fever is a number above normal: 39 °C is 2 degrees above 37 °C.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «fever» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fever/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«fever» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/fever.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «fever» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fever/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«fever» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/fever.html) on Mova free.