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{ "term": "sick", "partOfSpeech": "adjective", "ox3000": true, "cefr": "a1", "definitions": [ { "senseNumber": 1, "definition": "physically or mentally ill", "labels": "(British English)(North American English)(British English)(informal)(British English)(North American English)(British English)(British English)(British English)(British English)(North American English)(British English)(North American English)(British English)(British English)(British English)(North American English)(British English)(British English)", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "a **sick child**" }, { "text": "a sick relative/patient" }, { "text": "Her mother's very sick." }, { "text": "Peter has **been off sick** *(= away from work because he is ill)* for two weeks." }, { "text": "Emma has just **called in sick** *(= phoned to say she will not be coming to work because she is ill)*." }, { "text": "Britain's workers **went sick** *(= did not go to work because they were ill)* for a record number of days last year." }, { "text": "I can't afford to **get sick** *(= become ill)*." }, { "text": "They **became sick** after eating contaminated food." }, { "text": "I have been sick in bed since you left." }, { "text": "She was sick with the flu." }, { "text": "Many people were sick from diseases caused by pollution." }, { "text": "Don't ask a babysitter to look after a sick child." }, { "text": "The house has accommodation for up to 60 chronically sick or disabled residents." }, { "text": "She was sick with cancer." }, { "text": "She was afraid she would get sick if she stayed in that place any longer." }, { "text": "The workers got sick from radiation exposure." } ], "topics": ["Health problems"], "collocations": { "verbs": ["be", "look", "become"], "adverb": ["chronically", "desperately", "extremely"], "preposition": ["from", "with"], "phrases": ["be off sick"] } }, { "senseNumber": 2, "definition": "feeling that you want to vomit", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "Mum, I **feel sick**!" }, { "text": "If you eat any more cake you'll **make yourself sick**." }, { "text": "a sick feeling in your stomach" }, { "text": "If you eat all that chocolate it'll make you sick." }, { "text": "Whenever I think about my exams I feel physically sick." }, { "text": "Laura felt almost sick with embarrassment." } ], "collocations": { "verbs": ["be", "feel", "look"], "adverb": ["horribly", "very", "violently"], "preposition": ["with"], "phrases": ["be as sick as a dog", "sick to your stomach"] } }, { "senseNumber": 3, "definition": "feeling sick as a result of travelling on a ship, plane, etc.", "cefr": "a1", "examples": [ { "text": "seasick" }, { "text": "airsick" }, { "text": "carsick" }, { "text": "travel-sick" } ], "topics": ["Transport by air"] }, { "senseNumber": 4, "definition": "bored with or annoyed about something that has been happening for a long time, and wanting it to stop", "sensetop": "sick of somebody/somethingsick of doing somethingsick of somebody doing something", "labels": "(informal)", "cefr": "b2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "I'm sick of the way you've treated me.", "contextForm": "sick of somebody/something" }, { "text": "I'm **sick and tired of** your moaning." }, { "text": "I'm **sick to death** of all of you!" }, { "text": "We are getting heartily sick of your attitude." }, { "text": "We're sick of waiting around like this.", "contextForm": "sick of doing something" }, { "text": "I am sick of hearing about them and their wedding." }, { "text": "I'm so sick of him whining about how hard his job is.", "contextForm": "sick of somebody doing something" }, { "text": "He was getting heartily sick of all the false sympathy." }, { "text": "I'm getting sick of all these delays." }, { "text": "I'm getting sick of you leaving things in a mess." }, { "text": "She was getting a bit sick of his moaning." } ], "collocations": { "verbs": ["be", "become", "get"], "adverb": ["heartily", "really", "absolutely"], "preposition": ["of"], "phrases": [ "sick and tired of something", "sick to the back teeth of something", "sick to death of something" ] } }, { "senseNumber": 5, "definition": "dealing with physical or mental pain, disease or death in a cruel way that some people think is offensive", "labels": "(informal)", "examples": [ { "text": "a sick joke" }, { "text": "That's really sick." } ], "collocations": { "verbs": ["be", "seem", "sound"], "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"], "phrases": ["sick in the head"] } }, { "senseNumber": 6, "definition": "getting pleasure from doing strange or cruel things", "labels": "(informal)", "examples": [ { "text": "a sick mind" }, { "text": "People think I'm sick for having a rat as a pet." }, { "text": "We live in a sick society." }, { "text": "Whoever started the fire must be sick in the head." }, { "text": "You're really sick, you know that?" } ], "collocations": { "verbs": ["be", "seem", "sound"], "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"], "phrases": ["sick in the head"] } }, { "senseNumber": 7, "definition": "very good, a lot of fun, etc.", "labels": "(slang)", "examples": [ { "text": "I love that song—it’s sick!" } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to bring food from your stomach back out through your mouth", "labels": "(especially British English)", "examples": [ { "text": "I was sick three times in the night." }, { "text": "She had been **violently sick**." } ], "topics": ["Health problems"] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to be extremely worried", "examples": [ { "text": "Where have you been? I've been worried sick about you." }, { "text": "She was worrying herself sick about the exams." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to become sick", "labels": "(formal)", "examples": [ { "text": "A week later he fell sick and died." }, { "text": "He fell sick with yellow fever." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to make somebody angry or full of horror", "examples": [ { "text": "His hypocrisy makes me sick." }, { "text": "Her attitude makes me sick." } ], "topics": ["Feelings"] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "feeling very sick; vomiting a lot", "labels": "(informal)", "examples": [] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "very disappointed", "labels": "(British English, humorous)", "examples": [], "topics": ["Feelings"] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "very unhappy or disappointed", "labels": "(formal)", "examples": [], "topics": ["Feelings"] }, { "senseNumber": 1, "definition": "feeling very angry or worried", "examples": [ { "text": "Nora turned sick to her stomach on hearing this news." }, { "text": "It makes me sick to my stomach to hear such stupid attitudes." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 2, "definition": "feeling that you want to vomit", "examples": [] } ], "pronunciations": { "uk": [ { "pronunciation": "/sɪk/", "audio": "si/sick/sick__gb_1.mp3" } ], "us": [ { "pronunciation": "/sɪk/", "audio": "si/sick/sick__us_1.mp3" } ] }, "wordOrigin": "Old English sēoc ‘affected by illness’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch ziek and German siech." }