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BABY-SIT (baby-sat, baby-sitting)

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IPA (US): 

Irregular inflected forms: baby-sat  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation, baby-sitting  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

 Dictionary entry overview: What does baby-sit mean? 

BABY-SIT (verb)
  The verb BABY-SIT has 2 senses:

1. take watchful responsibility forplay

2. work or act as a baby-sitterplay

  Familiarity information: BABY-SIT used as a verb is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BABY-SIT (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they baby-sit  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it baby-sits  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: baby-sat  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: baby-sat  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: baby-sitting  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Take watchful responsibility for

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

baby-sit; babysit

Context example:

I baby-sit the neighbor's plants when she is out of town

Hypernyms (to "baby-sit" is one way to...):

guard (to keep watch over)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something


Sense 2

Meaning:

Work or act as a baby-sitter

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

baby-sit; babysit; sit

Context example:

I cannot baby-sit tonight; I have too much homework to do

Hypernyms (to "baby-sit" is one way to...):

guard (to keep watch over)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

baby-sitter; babysitter (a person engaged to care for children when the parents are not home)


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