Word.ws English Dictionary

running a temperature

running a temperature is the present participle and gerund of run a temperature.

Meaning of run a temperature

Verb

run a temperature (third-person singular simple present runs a temperature, present participle running a temperature, simple past ran a temperature, past participle run a temperature)

  1. (idiomatic) To have a fever.
    • My child's running a high temperature.
    Synonyms:
    run a fever

Questions about running a temperature

What is running a temperature the present participle and gerund of?
Running a temperature is the present participle and gerund of run a temperature.

Words near running a temperature in the dictionary

  1. running a fever
  2. running a mile
  3. running a muck
  4. running a red light
  5. running a risk
  6. running a temperature
  7. running a train
  8. running about
  9. running about with
  10. running across
  11. running adrift

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: running a temperature (page history and authors); run a temperature (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “running a temperature.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/running_a_temperature. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.