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apartment-sitting

apartment-sitting is the present participle and gerund of apartment-sit.

Meaning of apartment-sit

Verb

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

  1. To live in and take care of someone's apartment while they are away.
    • I'll be able to apartment-sit during the day and dine in a distant province in the evening.1981, Vincent McConnor, The Paris puzzle

Questions about apartment-sitting

What is apartment-sitting the present participle and gerund of?
Apartment-sitting is the present participle and gerund of apartment-sit.

Words near apartment-sitting in the dictionary

  1. apartment tower
  2. apartment towers
  3. apartment-sat
  4. apartment-sit
  5. apartment-sits
  6. apartment-sitting
  7. apartmental
  8. apartmentless
  9. apartmentlike
  10. apartmentmate
  11. apartmentmates

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