sick

  • 31sick — 1. adj., n., & v. adj. 1 (often in comb.) esp. Brit. vomiting or tending to vomit (feels sick; has been sick; seasick). 2 esp. US ill; affected by illness (has been sick for a week; a sick man; sick with measles). 3 a (often foll. by at) esp.… …

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  • 32sick — sick1 /sik/, adj., sicker, sickest, n. adj. 1. afflicted with ill health or disease; ailing. 2. affected with nausea; inclined to vomit. 3. deeply affected with some unpleasant feeling, as of sorrow, disgust, or boredom: sick at heart; to be sick …

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  • 33sick — /sɪk / (say sik) adjective 1. affected with a disorder of health; ill, unwell, or ailing. 2. affected with nausea; inclined to vomit, or vomiting. 3. of or attended with sickness. 4. pale; wan. 5. of or appropriate to sick persons: on sick leave …

  • 34sick — adj. 1) sick at (sick at heart; sick at the prospect of leaving home) 2) sick of (we are sick of the red tape) 3) (misc.) sick to one s stomach; worried sick; to be sick and tired of smt. * * * [sɪk] to be sick and tired of smt. worried sick… …

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  • 35sick — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English sek, sik, from Old English sēoc; akin to Old High German sioh sick Date: before 12th century 1. a. (1) affected with disease or ill health ; ailing (2) of, relating to, or intended for use in sickness < sick …

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  • 36Sick — To be sick can mean: * Having a disease, illness, or disorder (medicine) * VomitingSick may also refer to: * Vomit * Sick comedy, an expression used to attack the social criticism of the new late 1950s comedians * Sick (magazine), a humour&#8230; …

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  • 37sick*/*/ — [sɪk] adj 1) if you are sick, food that you have eaten suddenly comes out of your stomach through your mouth I m going to be sick![/ex] See: seasick 2) if you are sick, you have an illness He stayed at home caring for his sick wife.[/ex] 3)&#8230; …

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  • 38Sick AG — Infobox Company type = Aktiengesellschaft company name = Sick AG foundation = 1946 location city = Waldkirch location country = Germany slogan = Sensor Intelligence industry = Industrial sensors revenue = profit €645.6 million euro (2006)cite web …

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  • 39Sick — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Sick veut dire malades en anglais. Sommaire 1 Patronyme 2 Musique …

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  • 40sick — ill, sick Ill and sick share responsibilities in peculiar ways, and are not always interchangeable. To begin with, ill is more usually predicative (placed after a verb, as in She was ill), whereas sick occurs naturally in attributive position&#8230; …

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