Meaning

2 senses
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: be sick.

    I am sick today, so can't come to work.

  2. (informal)To vomit.

    The dog's been sick all over the carpet.

More definitions
  • eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth

Examples

1852 sentences
  1. The dog seems to be sick.

    Собака, здається, хворий.

    ruСобака, похоже, больна.

    deDer Hund scheint krank zu sein.

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  2. My mother is sick in bed.

    Моя мама у ліжку, хворіє.

    deMeine Mutter liegt krank im Bett.

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  3. Tom was sick of his job.

    Тому набридла його робота.

    ruТому осточертела его работа.

    deTom war seiner Arbeit überdrüssig.

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  4. Who told you Tom was sick?

    Хто тобі сказав, що Том хворий?

    ruКто тебе сказал, что Том болен?

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  5. Tom is a very sick man.

    Том дуже хвора людина.

    ruТом очень больной человек.

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Translations

3 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to be ill:
Русский
By meaning 1
to be ill:

Forms

is sick, being sick, was sick, been sick
Base formbe sick · to be sick
3rd person singularis sick
Present participlebeing sick
Past simplewas sick
Past participlebeen sick

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybe sick
he, she, itis sick

Past simpleLesson

all personswas sick

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave been sick
he, she, ithas been sick

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill be sick

Synonyms

18 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

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