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# feverish

adjective (feverish, more feverish); adverb feverishly

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

## Everyday

1. Feverish means having a fever, with a high body temperature, feeling hot, shivery and unwell. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feverish/#m1)
2. Feverish also means very fast, excited and nervous, as in feverish activity. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feverish/#m2)

### In the lessons

Health lessons and everyday illness (rest, drink water, tell an adult; normal temperature is about 37 °C). In stories: feverish dreams, or working feverishly before a deadline. Phrases: feel feverish, feverish dreams, work feverishly, feverish excitement.

### Examples

- I felt feverish and Mum took my temperature. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feverish/#x1)
- The feverish child slept all afternoon. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feverish/#x2)
- He had strange feverish dreams. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feverish/#x3)
- The builders worked feverishly to finish before the storm. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feverish/#x4)
- There was feverish excitement before the final. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feverish/#x5)
- She searched feverishly for her lost ticket. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feverish/#x6)
- In the morning, when light came, the gazelle was sick in its stomach and feverish, and its legs ached. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/feverish/#x7)

### Note

A fever is usually 38 °C or above. Feverishly (adverb) is mostly the second meaning: in a rush. Do not take medicine without an adult.

## On Mova

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