Sekirov Dictionary

disease

/dɪˈziːz/

noun 3
verb 2
forms 4
phrases 1

noun3

•
a condition that makes a person, an animal or a plant sick and is not caused by being hurt
- The tomato plants had some kind of disease that left their leaves splotchy and their fruit withered.
- The exposed workers had some kind of disease that left their skin splotchy and their faces withered.
•
(figurative) Any abnormal or harmful condition, as of society, people's attitudes, way of living etc.
- War is not man's great and terrible disease; war is a symptom, a result. The real disease is the virus of national sovereignty. — 1955
•
A lack of ease; uneasiness; trouble; vexation; disquiet.
- To shield thee from diseases of the world, […] — 1603

verb2

To infect with a disease.
•
(no longer used) To cause unease; to annoy, irritate.
- Whyll he yett speake there cam won from the rulers off the synagogis housse which sayde to hym: Thy doughter is deed disease not the master. — 1526

forms

diseased · diseasing · diseases · diseaseth

Phrases with disease

foot-in-mouth disease
A tendency to make remarks that are embarrassingly wrong or inappropriate.

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