Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

take sick

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.84 in modern English

Syllables
take sick
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To become ill, to fall ill, to attract an illness.

Dated; Intransitive verb

Example Sentences

Usage

Inflected Forms

takes sick (present, singular) taking sick (participle, present) took sick (past) taken sick (participle, past)

Synonyms

take ill fall sick be taken ill be taken sick

Questions

What does take sick mean?
To become ill, to fall ill, to attract an illness.

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