sick
noun/sɪk/
/sɪk/
- [uncountable] (British English, informal) food that you bring back up from your stomach through your mouth synonym vomit
- There was a pool of sick on the carpet.
- the sick[plural] people who are sick
- to heal the sick
- All the sick and wounded were evacuated.
- workers who are caring for the sick and elderly
More Like This Plural adjectival nounsPlural adjectival nounsOxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- chronic
- long-term
- visit
- aid
- care for
- …
- the sick and wounded
vomit
ill people
Word OriginOld English sēoc ‘affected by illness’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch ziek and German siech.
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