sick+person

  • 21Sick bed — Sick Sick, a. [Compar. {Sicker}; superl. {Sickest}.] [OE. sek, sik, ill, AS. se[ o]c; akin to OS. siok, seoc, OFries. siak, D. ziek, G. siech, OHG. sioh, Icel. sj?kr, Sw. sjuk, Dan. syg, Goth. siuks ill, siukan to be ill.] 1. Affected with… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 22Sick berth — Sick Sick, a. [Compar. {Sicker}; superl. {Sickest}.] [OE. sek, sik, ill, AS. se[ o]c; akin to OS. siok, seoc, OFries. siak, D. ziek, G. siech, OHG. sioh, Icel. sj?kr, Sw. sjuk, Dan. syg, Goth. siuks ill, siukan to be ill.] 1. Affected with… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 23Sick headache — Sick Sick, a. [Compar. {Sicker}; superl. {Sickest}.] [OE. sek, sik, ill, AS. se[ o]c; akin to OS. siok, seoc, OFries. siak, D. ziek, G. siech, OHG. sioh, Icel. sj?kr, Sw. sjuk, Dan. syg, Goth. siuks ill, siukan to be ill.] 1. Affected with… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 24Sick list — Sick Sick, a. [Compar. {Sicker}; superl. {Sickest}.] [OE. sek, sik, ill, AS. se[ o]c; akin to OS. siok, seoc, OFries. siak, D. ziek, G. siech, OHG. sioh, Icel. sj?kr, Sw. sjuk, Dan. syg, Goth. siuks ill, siukan to be ill.] 1. Affected with… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 25Sick room — Sick Sick, a. [Compar. {Sicker}; superl. {Sickest}.] [OE. sek, sik, ill, AS. se[ o]c; akin to OS. siok, seoc, OFries. siak, D. ziek, G. siech, OHG. sioh, Icel. sj?kr, Sw. sjuk, Dan. syg, Goth. siuks ill, siukan to be ill.] 1. Affected with… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 26sick day — UK US noun [C] WORKPLACE, HR ► a day when you are not at work because you are ill: »Vacation days or sick days can reduce a four person crew to three. »Each employee gets 14 paid sick days each year. take/use a sick day »Workers often take sick… …

    Financial and business terms

  • 27sick — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun the sick ADJECTIVE ▪ chronic, long term (both esp. BrE) VERB + THE SICK ▪ visit ▪ aid, care for …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 28Sick Puppy — infobox Book | name = Sick Puppy title orig = translator = image caption = author = Carl Hiaasen illustrator = cover artist = country = United States language = English series = genre = Novel publisher = Alfred A. Knopf release date = February… …

    Wikipedia

  • 29sick — ill, sick Ill and sick share responsibilities in peculiar ways, and are not always interchangeable. To begin with, ill is more usually predicative (placed after a verb, as in She was ill), whereas sick occurs naturally in attributive position… …

    Modern English usage

  • 30sick-lit — n. A literary genre that features individuals dealing with fatal or devastating diseases. Also: sick lit. Example Citations: Literary media have been abuzz about the sick lit controversy: novels written for teenagers with themes of death, fatal… …

    New words