sick
part of speech
adjective (sick, sicker, sickest); noun (sick, informal UK = vomit)
meaning for a pupil
1) Sick means ill, not healthy. tree →
2) To be sick (UK) or to feel sick can mean to throw up food from your stomach (to vomit). tree →
3) Sick of something means bored or annoyed with it because there has been too much of it. tree →
4) In slang, «sick» can mean very cool or great. tree →
sense in the lessons
In health lessons you learn signs of being sick: fever, cough, sore throat, feeling sick; and that germs spread, so you wash your hands and stay home when you are sick. In stories a sick character may stay in bed or go to a doctor. Phrases: feel sick, be sick, off sick, sick day, carsick, seasick, homesick, sick and tired.
examples
- And it came to pass after these things, that one said to Joseph: 'Behold, thy father is sick.' And he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim. (Torah GEN.48.1, JPS 1917) tree →
- and of her that is sick with her impurity, and of them that have an issue, whether it be a man, or a woman; and of him that lieth with her that is unclean. (Torah LEV.15.33, JPS 1917) tree →
- In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. (Prophets 2KI.20.1, JPS 1917) tree →
- At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick. (Prophets 1KI.14.1, JPS 1917) tree →
- The whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint; (Prophets ISA.1.5, JPS 1917) tree →
- I stayed home from school because I was sick. tree →
- I feel sick after eating too many sweets. tree →
- The dog was sick on the carpet. tree →
- Wash your hands so you don't get sick. tree →
- Some people get carsick on long trips. tree →
- She was homesick at summer camp and missed her family. tree →
- I'm sick of rain; I want to play outside! tree →
- Look after a sick friend by bringing them a card. tree →
- Sick and exhausted, he reached home. tree →
note
In the UK «I was sick» often means «I vomited», while in the USA it usually means «I was ill». Compound words: carsick, seasick, airsick, homesick (missing home). Comparison: sicker, sickest. The noun for the state is «sickness». The slang meaning «great» is only for very informal talk.
In the corpora
- And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said: 'He is sick.'
- And the LORD struck the child that Uriah's wife bore unto David, and it was very sick.
- At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick.
- In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death.
- The whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint;
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «sick» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.