house-sit
verb/ˈhaʊs sɪt/
/ˈhaʊs sɪt/
[intransitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they house-sit | /ˈhaʊs sɪt/ /ˈhaʊs sɪt/ |
| he / she / it house-sits | /ˈhaʊs sɪts/ /ˈhaʊs sɪts/ |
| past simple house-sat | /ˈhaʊs sæt/ /ˈhaʊs sæt/ |
| past participle house-sat | /ˈhaʊs sæt/ /ˈhaʊs sæt/ |
| -ing form house-sitting | /ˈhaʊs sɪtɪŋ/ /ˈhaʊs sɪtɪŋ/ |
- to live in somebody’s house while they are away in order to take care of it for them
- A friend of mine needs someone to house-sit and feed her cats.
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