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Definition of sick noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

sick

noun
 
/sɪk/
 
/sɪk/
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    vomit

  1. [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.
    2.

    ill people

  2. 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
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    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • chronic
    • long-term
    verb + the sick
    • visit
    • aid
    • care for
    • …
    phrases
    • the sick and wounded
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    3. Word OriginOld English sēoc ‘affected by illness’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch ziek and German siech.
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noun
 
 
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