- baby-sit
- verb1. take watchful responsibility for-
I baby-sit the neighbor's plants when she is out of town
• Hypernyms: ↑guard• Verb Frames:-Somebody ——s something
2. work or act as a baby-sitter-I cannot baby-sit tonight; I have too much homework to do
• Syn: ↑sit• Derivationally related forms: ↑sitter (for: ↑sit), ↑babysitter, ↑baby-sitter• Hypernyms: ↑guard• Verb Frames:-Somebody ——s
-Somebody ——s somebody
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I. \\ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ intransitive verb: to act or become employed as a baby-sitterask her to basy-sit during church service
II. intransitive verbI had to baby-sit with my grandchildren — Robert Frost
: to stay with and care for any offspringthe male baby-sits, uncovering the eggs if the mound gets too hot — National Geographic World
baby-sit the house plants
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—baby-sitter, babysitter, n./bay"bee sit'/, v., baby-sat, baby-sitting.v.i.1. to take charge of a child while the parents are temporarily away.v.t.2. to baby-sit for (a child): We've placed an ad for someone to baby-sit the youngsters in the evening.3. to take watchful responsibility for; tend: It will be necessary for someone to baby-sit the machine until it is running properly. Also, babysit.[1945-50]* * *
baˈby-sit intransitive verb and (esp N American) transitive verbTo act as baby-sitter (to)• • •Main Entry: ↑baby
Useful english dictionary. 2012.