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house-sitting

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

Meaning of house-sit

Verb

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

  1. (ambitransitive) 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.
    • I'm house-sitting for my friends while they're on vacation in France.
    Synonyms:
    home-sit

Questions about house-sitting

What is house-sitting the present participle and gerund of?
House-sitting is the present participle and gerund of house-sit.

Words near house-sitting in the dictionary

  1. house-sit
  2. house-sits
  3. house-sitted
  4. house-sitter
  5. house-sitters
  6. house-sitting
  7. house-slipper
  8. house-slippers
  9. house-to-house
  10. house-top
  11. house-tops

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