sick
To vomitTo vomit.
» The dog seems to be sick.
Der Hund scheint krank zu sein. — Esperantostern
Собака, похоже, больна. — marafon
Собака, здається, хворий. — deniko
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2 senses(Australia, UK, colloquial)To vomit.
I woke up at 4 am and sicked on the floor.
(intransitive)To fall sick; to sicken.
- eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
Examples
3473 sentencesThe dog seems to be sick.
Собака, здається, хворий. — deniko
ruСобака, похоже, больна. — marafon
deDer Hund scheint krank zu sein. — Esperantostern
Excuse me, but I feel sick.
Перепрошую, але я себе не дуже добре почуваю. — deniko
My mother is sick in bed.
Моя мама у ліжку, хворіє. — deniko
deMeine Mutter liegt krank im Bett. — Yorwba
Because he's sick, he can't come.
Він не зможе прийти, тому що він хворий. — deniko
ruОн не сможет прийти, потому что болен. — afyodor
deWeil er krank ist, kann er nicht kommen. — jakov
I know why Tom got sick.
Я знаю, чому Том захворів. — deniko
ruЯ знаю, почему Том заболел. — odexed
Origin
From Middle English sik, sike, seek, seke, seok, from Old English sēoc (“sick, ill”), fromFrom Middle English sik, sike, seek, seke, seok, from Old English sēoc (“sick, ill”), from Proto-West Germanic *seuk, from Proto-Germanic *seukaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sewg- (“to be troubled or grieved”).
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Forms
sicks, sicking, sicked, sickedSynonyms
18 synonymsWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A2Health and the body — Because the lesson uses it
- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
Collocations
12 patterns- sick in bed
- has been sick
- get sick
- been sick in
- sick and tired
- was sick so
- too sick to
- called in sick
- been sick for
- isn't really sick
- was feeling sick
- is very sick
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.