CAPE HORN FEVER

Meaning of CAPE HORN FEVER in English

Naut. Slang.

illness feigned by malingerers.

[ 1840-50 ]

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CAPE — I. noun Usage: often attributive see: head Date: 14th century a point or extension of land jutting out into water …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
FEVER — I or pyrexia Abnormally high body temperature or a disease characterized by it. It most often occurs with infection . …
Английский словарь Британика
CAPE — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Ann Cape Bojador Cape Canaveral Cape Cape Breton Island Cape buffalo Cape Cod Cape …
Английский словарь Британика
HORN
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FEVER — I. ˈfēvə(r) noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English fēfer, fēfor, from Latin febris; …
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CAPE
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FEVER — (n.) A diseased state of the system, marked by increased heat, acceleration of the pulse, and a general derangement of …
Английский словарь Webster
HORN — — hornish , adj. — hornless , adj. — hornlessness , n. — hornlike , adj. /hawrn/ , n. 1. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FEVER — — feverless , adj. /fee"veuhr/ , n. 1. an abnormal condition of the body, characterized by undue rise in temperature, …
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CAPE — cape 1 — caped , adj. /kayp/ , n. , v. , caped, caping . n. 1. a sleeveless garment …
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FEVER — I. ˈfē-vər noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English fēfer, from Latin febris Date: before 12th century 1. a. : …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CAPE — I. ˈkāp noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English cap, from Anglo-French cape, from Old Occitan cap, from Latin caput …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HORN — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German horn, Latin cornu, Greek keras Date: before 12th …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HORN — noun the ionic volute. 2. horn ·noun the cornucopia, or horn of plenty. 3. horn ·noun a curved projection on …
Webster English vocab
FEVER — vt to put into a fever; to affect with fever; as, a fevered lip. 2. fever ·noun excessive excitement of …
Webster English vocab
CAPE — vi to gape. 2. cape ·vi to head or point; to keep a course; as, the ship capes southwest by …
Webster English vocab
CAPE — ~ 1 ■ noun 1》 a sleeveless cloak, especially a short one. ↘a part of a longer coat or cloak …
Concise Oxford English vocab
HORN — [horn] n [ME, fr. OE; akin to OHG horn, L cornu, Gk keras] (bef. 12c) 1 a: one of the …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FEVER — [fe.ver] n [ME, fr. OE fefer, fr. L febris] (bef. 12c) 1 a: a rise of body temperature above the …
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CAPE — [cape] n, often attrib [ME cap, fr. MF, fr. OProv, fr. L caput head--more at head] (14c) 1: a point …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
HORN — French Cor, German Horn, in music, any of several wind instruments sounded by vibration of the player's tensed lips against …
Britannica English vocabulary
FEVER
Britannica English vocabulary
FEVER — fever BrE AmE ˈfiːv ə AmE \ - ə r ▷ fever|ed d ▷ fever|s z ▶ ˈ fever pitch, …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
CAPE — cape, Cape BrE AmE keɪp ▷ capes keɪps —See also phrases with this word ▶ ˌ Cape Ca ˈ naveral …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
HORN — / hɔːn; NAmE hɔːrn/ noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ C ] a hard pointed part that grows, usually …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FEVER — / ˈfiːvə(r); NAmE / noun 1. [ C , U ] a medical condition in which a person has a …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CAPE — / keɪp; NAmE / noun 1. a loose outer piece of clothing that has no sleeves, fastens at the neck …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HORN — I. ˌFrench ˈhorn BrE AmE ( also horn especially British English ) noun [countable] a musical instrument made of ↑ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FEVER — fe ‧ ver /ˈfiːvə $ -ər/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 900-1000 ; Language: Latin ; Origin: febris ] 1 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CAPE — cape /keɪp/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Sense 1: Date: 1500-1600 ; Language: French ; Origin: Late Latin cappa ; …
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HORN
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FEVER — n. & v. --n. 1 a an abnormally high body temperature, often with delirium etc. b a disease characterized by …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
CAPE — n. 1 a headland or promontory. 2 (the Cape) a the Cape of Good Hope. b the S. African province …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
HORN
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FEVER — n. & v. n. 1 a an abnormally high body temperature, often with delirium etc. b a disease characterized by …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
CAPE — n. 1 a headland or promontory. 2 (the Cape) a the Cape of Good Hope. b the S. African province …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
HORN
Oxford English vocab
FEVER — n. & v. --n. 1. a an abnormally high body temperature, often with delirium etc. b a disease characterized by …
Oxford English vocab
CAPE — 1. n.1 a sleeveless cloak. 2 a short sleeveless cloak as a fixed or detachable part of a longer cloak …
Oxford English vocab
HORN — ( horns) 1. On a vehicle such as a car, the horn is the device that makes a loud noise …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FEVER — ( fevers) 1. If you have a fever when you are ill, your body temperature is higher than usual and …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CAPE — ( capes) 1. A cape is a large piece of land that sticks out into the sea from the coast. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
HORN — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES English horn French horn COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN car ▪ The Nurse honks …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FEVER — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES cabin fever dengue fever fever blister fever pitch (= a very excited level ) ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CAPE — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE black ▪ In the early morning light he could see that she wore a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FEVER — [noun] - a medical condition in which the body temperature is higher than usual and the heart beats very fast, …
Cambridge English vocab
FEVER — n. undulant fever Mediterranean fever Malta fever dandy fever breakbone fever typhoid fever hay fever hemorrhagic fever swine fever glandular …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
CAPE — n. Agulhas Cape Ann Cape Bojador Cape Canaveral Cape Cape Breton Island Cape buffalo Cape Cod Cape Fear River Cape …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
HORN — Synonyms and related words : Klaxon, Mayday, SOS, acoustical network, aerophone, air-raid alarm, alarm, alarm bell, alarm clock, alarm signal, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
FEVER — Synonyms and related words : abscess, agitation, ague, amok, anemia, animal heat, ankylosis, anoxia, apnea, asphyxiation, asthma, ataxia, atrophy, attack, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
HORN — noun 1 part of an animal ADJECTIVE ▪ buffalo , bull's , cow's , rhino , etc. ▪ ornaments made …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
FEVER — noun 1 high temperature ADJECTIVE ▪ high , raging ▪ She had a very high ~. ▪ mild , slight …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
FEVER — n. 25B6; noun he developed fever : FEVERISHNESS, high temperature, febrility; Medicine pyrexia; informal temperature. a fever of excitement : …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
CAPE — (1) A point or head of land projecting into a body of water. (2) A rounded projection, out into the …
Environmental Engineering English vocabulary
HORN — The word "horn" is often used metaphorically to signify strength and honor, because horns are the chief weapons and ornaments …
Smith's Bible English Dictionary
FEVER — noun BAD : I'd caught a cold and had a high fever. GOOD : I'd caught a cold and had …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
CAPE — CC onvective A vailable P otential Energy. A measure of the amount of energy available for convection . CAPE is …
A Comprehensive English Glossary Of Weather
HORN
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FEVER — 1. сущ. 1) жар, лихорадка; какое-л. заболевание, основным симптомом которого является очень высокая температура to come down with a fever, …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CAPE — I сущ. накидка (с капюшоном); пелерина II сущ.; геогр. мыс the Cape (сокр. of the Cape of Good Hope) ≈ …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FEVER — fever.ogg 1. ʹfi:və n 1. 1> жар, лихорадочное состояние he has a high fever - у него сильный жар /высокая …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
CAPE — cape.ogg _I keıp n 1> плащ, накидка 2> пелерина 3> капюшон cape-and-dagger fiction /novels, stories/ - а) литература «плаща и …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
HORN — 1) выступ 2) лоток ( из бычьего рога ) для промывки золота 3) рычаг ( подъёмно-транспортного устройства ) 4) рог …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
HORN — 1) выступ 2) лоток (из бычьего рога) для промывки золота 3) рычаг (подъёмно-транспортного устройства) 4) рог (наковальни) 5) фальцевать; загибать кромки 6) консоль, хобот (контактной …
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