{
    "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."
}