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# colic

«colic» in Mova's school dictionary: **bad pain in the tummy, especially when a young baby cries…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (colic, uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Colic is bad pain in the tummy, especially when a young baby cries for a long time for no clear reason, often in the evenings. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/colic/#m1)

2) In horses, colic is a serious tummy pain that needs a vet quickly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/colic/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In family life, parents of a new baby may talk about colic and long nights of crying; it usually gets better on its own after a few months. In stories about farms and ponies, colic is a worry because it can be dangerous for horses. Phrases: «a baby with colic», «colicky».

### examples

- Our baby brother cried for hours with colic. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/colic/#x1)
- Mum walked up and down with the colicky baby. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/colic/#x2)
- The doctor said colic usually stops after a few months. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/colic/#x3)
- The vet came at night because the pony had colic. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/colic/#x4)
- Colic is not the parents' fault. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/colic/#x5)
- Rocking and quiet help some babies with colic. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/colic/#x6)

### note

Uncountable: «the baby has colic». Adjective: colicky. Pronounced «KOL-ik». Do not confuse with «colleague» or «comic».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «colic» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/colic/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.