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sick

1  [sik] adjective, -er, -est, noun
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–adjective
1. afflicted with ill health or disease; ailing.
2. affected with nausea; inclined to vomit.
3. deeply affected with some unpleasant feeling, as of sorrow, disgust, or boredom: sick at heart; to be sick of parties.
4. mentally, morally, or emotionally deranged, corrupt, or unsound: a sick mind; wild statements that made him seem sick.
5. characteristic of a sick mind: sick fancies.
6. dwelling on or obsessed with that which is gruesome, sadistic, ghoulish, or the like; morbid: a sick comedian; sick jokes.
7. of, pertaining to, or for use during sickness: He applied for sick benefits.
8. accompanied by or suggestive of sickness; sickly: a sick pallor; the sick smell of disinfectant in the corridors.
9. disgusted; chagrined.
10. not in proper condition; impaired.
11. Agriculture.
a. failing to sustain adequate harvests of some crop, usually specified: a wheat-sick soil.
b. containing harmful microorganisms: a sick field.
12. Now Rare. menstruating.
–noun
13. (used with a plural verb) sick persons collectively (usually prec. by the).
—Idioms
14. call in sick, to notify one's place of employment by telephone that one will be absent from work because of being ill.
15. sick and tired, utterly weary; fed up: I'm sick and tired of working so hard!
16. sick at one's stomach, Chiefly Midland and Southern U.S. nauseated.
17. sick to one's stomach, Chiefly Northern, North Midland, and Western U.S. nauseated.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME sik, sek, OE sēoc; c. D ziek, G siech, ON sjūkr, Goth siuks

Synonyms:
1. infirm, indisposed. See ill. 2. nauseous, nauseated.

Antonyms:
1. well, hale, healthy.

sick

2  [sik]
–verb (used with object)
sic 1 .

sic

1  [sik]
–verb (used with object), sicked or sicced  [sikt] , sick⋅ing or sic⋅cing.
1. to attack (used esp. in commanding a dog): Sic 'em!
2. to incite to attack (usually fol. by on).
Also, sick.

Origin:
1835–45; var. of seek
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sic 2 also sick   (sĭk)   
tr.v.   sicced also sicked, sic·cing also sick·ing, sics also sicks

  1. To set upon; attack.

  2. To urge or incite to hostile action; set: sicced the dogs on the intruders.


[Dialectal variant of seek.]
sick 1   (sĭk)   
adj.   sick·er, sick·est

    1. Suffering from or affected with a physical illness; ailing.

    2. Of or for sick persons: sick wards.

    3. Nauseated.

    4. Mentally ill or disturbed.

    5. Unwholesome, morbid, or sadistic: a sick joke; a sick crime.

    6. Deeply distressed; upset: sick with worry.

    7. Disgusted; revolted.

    8. Weary; tired: sick of it all.

    9. Pining; longing: sick for his native land.

    10. In need of repairs: a sick ship.

    11. Constituting an unhealthy environment for those working or residing within: a sick office building.

    1. Mentally ill or disturbed.

    2. Unwholesome, morbid, or sadistic: a sick joke; a sick crime.

    3. Deeply distressed; upset: sick with worry.

    4. Disgusted; revolted.

    5. Weary; tired: sick of it all.

    6. Pining; longing: sick for his native land.

    7. In need of repairs: a sick ship.

    8. Constituting an unhealthy environment for those working or residing within: a sick office building.

  3. Defective; unsound: a sick economy.

    1. Deeply distressed; upset: sick with worry.

    2. Disgusted; revolted.

    3. Weary; tired: sick of it all.

    4. Pining; longing: sick for his native land.

    5. In need of repairs: a sick ship.

    6. Constituting an unhealthy environment for those working or residing within: a sick office building.

    1. In need of repairs: a sick ship.

    2. Constituting an unhealthy environment for those working or residing within: a sick office building.

  6. Unable to produce a profitable yield of crops: sick soil.

n.   (used with a pl. verb)
Sick people considered as a group. Often used with the.

[Middle English, from Old English sēoc.]
sick 2   (sĭk)   
v.  Variant of sic2.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Cultural Dictionary

sic

A Latin word for “thus,” used to indicate that an apparent error is part of quoted material and not an editorial mistake: “The learned geographer asserts that ‘the capital of the United States is Washingtown [sic].’”

The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Slang Dictionary
sick (up)

  1. in.
    to empty one's stomach; to vomit. : I think I'm going to sick up. Isn't there supposed to be a barf bag in one of these seat pockets?
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

sic 
1887, insertion in printed quotation to call attention to error in the original, from L. sic "so, thus," related to si "if," from PIE base *so- "this, that" (cf. O.E. sio "she").

sick  (v.)
"set upon" (sick him!), 1845, dialectal variant of seek.

sick  (adj.)
"unwell," O.E. seoc, from P.Gmc. *seukaz, of uncertain origin. The general Gmc. word (cf. O.N. sjukr, Dan. syg, O.S. siok, O.Fris. siak, M.Du. siec, O.H.G. sioh, Goth. siuks "sick, ill"), but in Ger. and Du. displaced by krank "weak, slim," probably originally with a sense of "twisted, bent" (see crank). Meaning "having an inclination to vomit" is from 1614; sense of "tired or weary (of something)" is from 1597; phrase sick and tired of is attested from 1783. Meaning "mentally twisted" is from 1551 (though sense of "spiritually or morally corrupt" was in O.E.), revived 1955. Sick joke is from 1959; sicko (n.) is from 1977. Sickening "causing revulsion" is first recorded 1789. The noun meaning "those who are sick" was in O.E. Sickness is O.E. seocnesse; sickly "ailing" is recorded from c.1350.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Financial Dictionary

SIC

  1. See Securities Information Center.

  2. See standard industrial classification system.


Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms by David L. Scott.
Copyright © 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: sick
Pronunciation: 'sik
Function: adjective
1 a : affected with disease or ill health b : of, relating to, or intendedfor use in sickness sick ward> c : affected with nausea : inclined to vomit or being in the act of vomiting <sick to one's stomach> sick in the car>
2 : mentally or emotionally unsound or disordered
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

sick (sĭk)
adj. sick·er, sick·est

  1. Suffering from or affected with a disease or disorder.

  2. Of or for sick persons.

  3. Nauseated.

  4. Mentally ill or disturbed.

  5. Constituting an unhealthy environment for those working or residing within, as of a building.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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Idioms & Phrases

sick

In addition to the idioms beginning with sick, also see call in sick; get sick; make one sick; worried sick.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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