house-sit

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English

Etymology

house +‎ sit, formed by analogy to baby-sit.

Pronunciation

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Alternative forms

Verb

house-sit (third-person singular simple present house-sits, present participle house-sitting, simple past and past participle house-sat)

  1. (intransitive) To live temporarily in someone else's home for the purpose of protecting and tending to it in the owner's or tenant's absence.
    I'm house-sitting for my friends while they're on vacation in France.

Anagrams

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