Etymology : alteration of seek
Pronunciation :
Function : transitive verb
Date : 1845
1. people who are ill, sick people collectively. ill, suffering from a disease or illness; nauseous, feeling the need to vomit; disgusted, fed up; pertaining to a sickness, pertaining to a disease; yearning, longing; infected with bacteria or microorganisms (Agriculture). sick\sick\ , a. [compar. sicker ; superl. sickest.] [oe. sek, sik, ill, as. se?c; akin to os. siok, seoc, ofries. siak, d. ziek, g. siech, ohg. sioh, icel. sj kr, sw. sjuk, dan. syg, goth. siuks ill, siukan to be ill.].
2. affected with disease of any kind; ill; indisposed; not in health. see:
the synonym under illness. simon's wife's mother lay sick of a fever.
3. behold them that are sick with famine. xiv.
4. 2. affected with, or attended by, nausea; inclined to vomit; as, sick at the stomach; a sick headache.
5. having a strong dislike; disgusted; surfeited; -- with of; as, to be sick of flattery. he was not so sick of his master as of his work.
6. corrupted; imperfect; impaired; weakned. so great is his antipathy against episcopacy, that, if a seraphim himself should be a bishop, he would either find or make some sick feathers in his wings.sick bay (naut.), an apartment in a vessel, used as the ship's hospital.sick bed, the bed upon which a person lies sick.sick berth, an apartment for the sick in a ship of war.sick headache (med.), a variety of headache attended with disorder of the stomach and nausea.sick list, a list containing the names of the sick.sick room, a room in which a person lies sick, or to which he is confined by sickness.note: [these terms, sick bed, sick berth, etc., are also written both hyphened and solid.].
7. Affected with disease of any kind; ill; indisposed; not in health.
8. See the Synonym under Illness.
9. Affected with, or attended by, nausea; inclined to vomit; as, sick at the stomach; a sick headache.
10. Having a strong dislike; disgusted; surfeited; with of; as, to be sick of flattery.
11. Corrupted; imperfect; impaired; weakned.
12. Sickness.
13. To fall sick; to sicken. people who are sick; "they devote their lives to caring for the sick".
14. 1. If you are sick, you are ill. Sick usually means physically ill, but it can sometimes be used to mean mentally ill. He's very sick. He needs medication She found herself with two small children, a sick husband, and no money The sick are people who are sick. There were no doctors to treat the sick.
15. If you are sick, the food that you have eaten comes up from your stomach and out of your mouth. If you feel sick, you feel as if you are going to be sick. She got up and was sick in the handbasin The very thought of food made him feel sick.
16. Sick is vomit.
17. emphasis If you say that you are sick of something or sick and tired of it, you are emphasizing that you are very annoyed by it and want it to stop. I am sick and tired of hearing all these people moaning = fed up.
18. disapproval If you describe something such as a joke or story as sick, you mean that it deals with death or suffering in an unpleasantly humorous way. a sick joke about a cat.
19. If you say that something or someone makes you sick, you mean that they make you feel angry or disgusted. It makes me sick that people commit offences and never get punished.
20. If you are off sick, you are not at work because you are ill. When we are off sick, we only receive half pay.
21. emphasis If you say that you are worried sick, you are emphasizing that you are extremely worried. He was worried sick about what our mothers would say. Variant of sic.
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