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

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Irregular inflected forms: baby-sat    , baby-sitting   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does baby-sit mean? 

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

1. take watchful responsibility for

2. work or act as a baby-sitter

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• BABY-SIT (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they baby-sit    ... he / she / it baby-sits   
Past simple: baby-sat   
Past participle: baby-sat   
-ing form: baby-sitting   

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)