sickbed
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4.8
- noun
- /ˈsɪkˌbɛd/
:
cama de enfermo
- The family gathered around their grandmother's sickbed to offer their support.
- rose from his sickbed
- came to his sickbed
- father's sickbed
Examples
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During her recovery, she spent most of her time on the sickbed, reading and resting.
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After days of illness, he finally lay down on his sickbed to rest.
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One may not desert the sickbed of a friend.
Academic text (2001) -
I've been too long at my brother's sickbed.
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David was an ideal presence at any sickbed; calm, friendly, and soft-spoken, he never threatened to fall apart or cry.
Fiction book (1999) -
Winsom nodded and showed the man out, then returned to the sickbed.
Fiction book (1993) -
Caitlin had stayed by the child's sickbed until she, too, fell ill.
Fiction book (1993) -
I sit by my father's sickbed, wringing out cloths in cool water.
Fiction book (1994) -
We were at the kitchen table silently eating macaroni again while he dominated our lives from his sickbed down the hall.
Fiction book (1994) -
Cora darts back and forth between Josephine's sickbed and the oven.
Fiction book (2000)
Synonyms
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2.5
A bed where a person lies when they are ill or recovering
How Medical
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Sickbed is made from sick and bed. It literally meant the 'bed of a sick person', which is why it still refers to the bed where someone lies during a serious illness.