house-sit

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To live temporarily in someone else's home, or to attend it regularly, for the purpose of protecting and tending to it in the owner's or tenant's absence.

/ˈhaʊsˌsɪt/

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From house + sit, formed by analogy to babysit.

home-sit

house-sitter

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