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housesit

housesit is the alternative form 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

Forms of housesit

third-person singular presenthousesits
present participlehousesitting
past participlehousesat
pasthousesat
past participle uncommonhousesitted
past uncommonhousesitted

Questions about housesit

What is housesit the alternative form of?
Housesit is the alternative form of house-sit.

Words near housesit in the dictionary

  1. housesful
  2. houseshare
  3. houseshares
  4. houseshoe
  5. houseshoes
  6. housesit
  7. housesits
  8. housesitted
  9. housesitter
  10. housesitters
  11. housesitting

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