what does sick mean?
SICK as NOUN
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- they devote their lives to caring for the sick
Hypernyms(s) sick is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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SICK as VERB
- Meaning
- eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth
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- After drinking too much, the students vomited
- He purged continuously
- The patient regurgitated the food we gave him last night
Hypernyms(s) sick is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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SICK as ADJECTIVE
- Meaning
- affected with madness or insanity
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- Meaning
- not in good physical or mental health
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- ill from the monotony of his suffering
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See Also
- Meaning
- feeling nausea
- feeling about to vomit
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