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2 ADJ A sickly smell or taste is unpleasant and makes you feel slightly sick, often because it is extremely sweet. □  …the sickly smell of rum.

3 ADJ [usu ADJ n] A sickly colour or light is unpleasantly pale or weak. □  Wallpapers for children too often come only in sickly pastel shades.

sick|ness /s I knəs/ (sicknesses )

1 N‑UNCOUNT Sickness is the state of being ill or unhealthy. □  In fifty-two years of working he had one week of sickness. □  There appears to be another outbreak of sickness among seals in the North Sea.

2 N‑UNCOUNT Sickness is the uncomfortable feeling that you are going to vomit. □  After a while, the sickness gradually passed and she struggled to the mirror.

3 → see also morning sickness , travel sickness

4 N‑VAR A sickness is a particular illness. □  …radiation sickness.

si ck|ness ben|efit N‑UNCOUNT Sickness benefit is money that you receive regularly from the government when you are unable to work because of illness. [BRIT ]

si ck note (sick notes ) N‑COUNT A sick note is an official note signed by a doctor which states that someone is ill and needs to stay off work for a particular period of time.

si ck pay N‑UNCOUNT When you are ill and unable to work, sick pay is the money that you get from your employer instead of your normal wages. [BUSINESS ] □  They are not eligible for sick pay.

sick|room /s I kruːm/ (sickrooms ) also sick room N‑COUNT A sickroom is a room in which a sick person is lying in bed. □  Close friends were allowed into the sickroom.

side ◆◆◆ /sa I d/ (sides , siding , sided )

1 N‑COUNT The side of something is a position to the left or right of it, rather than in front of it, behind it, or on it. □  On one side of the main entrance there's a red plaque. □  …a photograph with me in the centre and Joe and Ken on each side of me. □  …the nations on either side of the Pacific. □  There's nothing but woods on the other side of the highway. □  There has been a build-up of troops on both sides of the border. □  PC Dacre knocked on Webb's door and, opening it, stood to one side.

2 N‑COUNT [usu with poss] The side of an object, building, or vehicle is any of its flat surfaces which is not considered to be its front, its back, its top, or its bottom. □  We put a notice on the side of the box. □  …a van bearing on its side the name of a company. □ [+ of ] There was a stone staircase against the side of the house. □  A carton of milk lay on its side.

3 N‑COUNT The sides of a hollow or a container are its inside vertical surfaces. □ [+ of ] The rough rock walls were like the sides of a deep canal. □  Line the base of the dish with greaseproof paper and lightly grease the sides.

4 N‑COUNT The sides of an area or surface are its edges. □  Park on the side of the road. □  …a small beach on the north side of the peninsula.

5 N‑COUNT The two sides of an area, surface, or object are its two halves. □  She turned over on her stomach on the other side of the bed. □  The major centre for language is in the left side of the brain.

6 N‑COUNT The two sides of a road are its two halves on which traffic travels in opposite directions. □ [+ of ] It had gone on to the wrong side of the road and hit a car coming in the other direction.