"fever dream" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-fever dream.wav Forms: fever dreams [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} fever dream (plural fever dreams)
  1. An intense or confusing dream, often caused by fever. Categories (topical): Sleep Related terms: nightmare Translations (an intense or confusing dream, often caused by fever): koortsdroom [masculine] (Dutch), houreuni (Finnish), Fiebertraum [masculine] (German), lázálom (Hungarian), sen spowodowany gorączką [masculine] (Polish), feberdröm [common-gender] (Swedish)
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  2. (by extension) Any intense and vivid experience. Tags: broadly Categories (topical): Sleep
    Sense id: en-fever_dream-en-noun-IEWKa3Bj Disambiguation of Sleep: 54 46 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 56 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 36 64 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 37 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 29 71

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