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I . sick [sɪk] ADJ

1. sick (ill):

sick
to fall sick
to be off sick

2. sick (about to vomit):

to feel sick
to be sick

3. sick inf (disgusted):

I am sick about it
I'm sick and tired of...
mam [już] dość...

4. sick inf (cruel and offensive):

sick joke

Phrases:

sick at heart liter
sick as a parrot Brit iron
to be worried sick inf

II . sick [sɪk] N

1. sick:

the sick + pl vb (ill people)
chorzy mpl

2. sick no pl Brit inf (vomit):

sick

III . sick [sɪk] VB intr Brit inf

to sick up

sick bag N

sick headache N MED

sick headache

sick leave N no pl

sick pay N no pl

sick pay

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
A situation most people would probably have just brought in a sick note for.
metro.co.uk
He was too sick to work for a long time, and when the AIDS cocktail was eventually concocted, he was taking 60 pills a day.
www.thestar.com
The building was once an old age home for sick and dying wayward sailors.
en.wikipedia.org
Of these six said they had either taken laxative pills or made themselves sick to keep their weight down.
www.dailymail.co.uk
Other taboos are challenged by sick jokes and gallows humour, and to joke about disability is considered in this group.
en.wikipedia.org
I felt slightly sick in the stomach, disoriented in the casino's jangling noise and oxygen-saturated air.
blogs.vancouversun.com
Boon remained sick and died shortly after hearing of his party's victory in the election.
en.wikipedia.org
Us being married and it being our first house, it sticks in your craw, makes you feel sick.
www.droitwichadvertiser.co.uk
After steady growth over the first half of the century, including winning paid sick leave, annual leave and a forty-hour week, the union really took off in the 1950s.
en.wikipedia.org
Staff on flexible contracts are entitled to holiday pay, sick pay and other benefits and there is no use of exclusivity clauses.
www.thenational.scot

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