ill
1 physically or mentally ill:
a sick child / relative / bird * Her mother's very sick. * Peter has been off sick (= away from work because he is ill) for two weeks. * Emma has just called in sick (= telephoned to say she will not be coming to work because she is ill). * Britain's workers went sick (= did not go to work because they were ill) for a record number of days last year. * (AmE) I can't afford to get sick (= become ill).
wanting to vomit
2 [notusuallybeforenoun] (especially BrE) feeling that you want to VOMIT:
If you eat any more cake you'll make yourself sick. * a sick feeling in your stomach
-sick
3 (in compounds) feeling sick as a result of travelling on a ship, plane, etc:
seasick * airsick * carsick * travel-sick
bored
4 ~ of sb/sth
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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