[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/sick/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [S](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/s/) / sick # sick adjective (sick, sicker, sickest); noun (sick, informal UK = vomit) «sick» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova. ## Everyday 1. Sick means ill, not healthy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sick/#m1) 2. To be sick (UK) or to feel sick can mean to throw up food from your stomach (to vomit). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sick/#m2) 3. Sick of something means bored or annoyed with it because there has been too much of it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sick/#m3) 4. In slang, «sick» can mean very cool or great. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sick/#m4) ### 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 - I stayed home from school because I was sick. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sick/#x1) - I feel sick after eating too many sweets. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sick/#x2) - The dog was sick on the carpet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sick/#x3) - Wash your hands so you don't get sick. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sick/#x4) - Some people get carsick on long trips. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sick/#x5) - She was homesick at summer camp and missed her family. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sick/#x6) - I'm sick of rain; I want to play outside! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sick/#x7) - Look after a sick friend by bringing them a card. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sick/#x8) - Sick and exhausted, he reached home. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sick/#x9) ### 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 Jewish tradition 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sick/#x1) - 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sick/#x2) - In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. (Prophets 2KI.20.1, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sick/#x3) - At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick. (Prophets 1KI.14.1, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sick/#x4) - The whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint; (Prophets ISA.1.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sick/#x5) ### 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. ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «sick» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sick/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«sick» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/sick.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «sick» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/sick/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«sick» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/sick.html) on Mova free.