sick

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noun the sick

ADJECTIVE

▪ chronic, long-term (both esp. BrE)

VERB + THE SICK

▪ visit

▪ aid, care for, comfort, help, look after (esp. BrE), minister to, nurse, take care of, tend

▪

workers who are caring for the sick and elderly

▪ treat

▪ cure, heal

▪

the Church's mission to preach the gospel and heal the sick

▪ pray for

PHRASES

▪ the sick and wounded

▪

The sick and wounded were evacuated from the war zone.

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adj.

1 not well ⇨ See also ↑ill

VERBS

▪ be, look

▪ become, fall (formal), get (esp. AmE)

▪

He fell sick with yellow fever.

▪

She was afraid she would get sick if she stayed in that place any longer.

ADVERB

▪ chronically (esp. BrE), desperately, extremely, seriously, terribly, very

▪

The home has 20 chronically sick and disabled residents.

▪

a very sick woman in the next bed

▪ mentally

PREPOSITION

▪ from

▪

The workers got sick from radiation exposure.

▪ with

▪

She was sick with cancer.

PHRASES

▪ be off sick

▪

John's not in the office today. He's off sick.

2 (esp. BrE) wanting to vomit

VERBS

▪ be (BrE), feel, look

▪

I was sick three times in the night.

▪

Dad, I feel sick!

▪ get

▪

I get sick if I sit in the back seat.

▪ make sb

▪

If you eat all that chocolate it'll make you sick.

ADVERB

▪ horribly, very, violently

▪

He leaned sideways and was violently sick.

▪ almost

▪ continually

▪ physically

▪

Every time I think about it I feel physically sick.

PREPOSITION

▪ with

▪

Laura felt almost sick with embarrassment.

PHRASES

▪ be as sick as a dog

▪ sick to your stomach (AmE)

▪

I feel sick to my stomach just thinking about it.

3 bored/disgusted/annoyed

VERBS

▪ be

▪ become, get

▪

I'm getting sick of all these delays.

▪ make sb

▪

Her attitude makes me sick.

ADVERB

▪ heartily (esp. BrE), really

▪

He was getting heartily sick of all the false sympathy.

▪ absolutely, thoroughly

▪ a bit, a little, pretty, rather

▪

She was getting a little sick of his moaning.

PREPOSITION

▪ of

▪

I'm getting sick of you leaving things in a mess.

PHRASES

▪ sick and tired of sth, sick to the back teeth of sth (BrE), sick to death of sth

▪ (as) sick as a parrot (BrE)

4 cruel/in bad taste

VERBS

▪ be, seem, sound

▪

You're really sick, you know that?

ADVERB

▪ extremely, fairly, very, etc.

PHRASES

▪ sick in the head

▪

Whoever started the fire must be sick in the head.

Sick is used with these nouns: ↑bag, ↑bay, ↑day, ↑father, ↑feeling, ↑freak, ↑joke, ↑leave, ↑man, ↑mind, ↑mother, ↑note, ↑pay, ↑people, ↑person, ↑relative, ↑sense of humour