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# sick

«sick» in Mova's school dictionary: **ill, not healthy** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (sick, sicker, sickest); noun (sick, informal UK = vomit)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Sick means ill, not healthy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sick/#m1)

2) To be sick (UK) or to feel sick can mean to throw up food from your stomach (to vomit). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sick/#m2)

3) Sick of something means bored or annoyed with it because there has been too much of it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sick/#m3)

4) In slang, «sick» can mean very cool or great. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sick/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In health lessons you learn signs of being sick: fever, cough, sore throat, feeling sick; and that germs spread, so you wash your hands and stay home when you are sick. In stories a sick character may stay in bed or go to a doctor. Phrases: feel sick, be sick, off sick, sick day, carsick, seasick, homesick, sick and tired.

### examples

- I stayed home from school because I was sick. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sick/#x1)
- I feel sick after eating too many sweets. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sick/#x2)
- The dog was sick on the carpet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sick/#x3)
- Wash your hands so you don't get sick. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sick/#x4)
- Some people get carsick on long trips. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sick/#x5)
- She was homesick at summer camp and missed her family. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sick/#x6)
- I'm sick of rain; I want to play outside! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sick/#x7)
- Look after a sick friend by bringing them a card. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sick/#x8)
- Sick and exhausted, he reached home. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sick/#x9)

### note

In the UK «I was sick» often means «I vomited», while in the USA it usually means «I was ill». Compound words: carsick, seasick, airsick, homesick (missing home). Comparison: sicker, sickest. The noun for the state is «sickness». The slang meaning «great» is only for very informal talk.

### In the corpora

- [Morning sickness is feeling or being sick in early pregnancy, and despite the name it can happen at any time of day.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/18-were-having-a-baby/11/)
- [A hangover is how the body feels the day after drinking too much alcohol: headache, tiredness, thirst and feeling sick.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/27-coffee-tea-wine-and-the-pub/14/)
- [Many sharks are endangered because they grow slowly and have few young, and they keep oceans healthy by eating sick fish.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/28-sharks/18/)
- [Macadamia nuts can make dogs weak, wobbly and sick for a day or two, and nobody knows exactly why.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/331-foods-that-are-dangerous-for-pets-chocolate-grapes-onions-and-lilies/14/)
- [A poison that only makes a deer feel sick can be very dangerous for a small child.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/392-poisonous-plants-to-stay-away-from-berries-foxglove-yew-and-nightshade/3/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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