baby-sit
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ba·by·sit
also ba·by-sit (bā′bē-sĭt′)v. ba·by·sat (-săt′), ba·by·sit·ting, ba·by·sits also ba·by-sat or ba·by-sit·ting or ba·by-sits
v.intr.
1. To take care of a child or children in the absence of a parent or guardian.
2. To take care of or watch over someone or something needing attention or guidance.
v.tr.
1. To provide care for (a child) in the absence of a parent or guardian.
2. To watch over or tend: babysat the neighbor's plants for a week.
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baby-sit
vb, -sits, -sitting or -sat
(intr) to act or work as a baby-sitter
ˈbaby-ˌsitting n, adj
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ba′by-sit`
or ba′by•sit`,
v. -sat, -sit•ting. v.i.
1. to take charge of a child while the parents are temporarily away.
v.t. 2. to baby-sit for (a child).
3. to take watchful responsibility for; tend: to baby-sit a car.
[1945–50]
ba′by-sit`ter, ba′by•sit`ter, n.
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baby-sit
Past participle: baby-sat
Gerund: baby-sitting
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| Verb | 1. |  baby-sit - take watchful responsibility for; "I baby-sit the neighbor's plants when she is out of town"guard - to keep watch over; "there would be men guarding the horses" |
| 2. |  baby-sit - work or act as a baby-sitter; "I cannot baby-sit tonight; I have too much homework to do"guard - to keep watch over; "there would be men guarding the horses" |
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Translations
baby-sit
[ˈbeɪbɪsɪt]A. VI → cuidar niños, hacer de canguro (Sp)
B. VT → cuidar, hacer de canguro a (Sp)
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
baby-sit
[ˈbeɪbɪsɪt] vi to baby-sit (for sb) → guardare i bambini (a qn), fare il (or la) babysitter (per qn)Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
baby
(ˈbeibi) – plural ˈbabies – noun1. a very young child. Some babies cry during the night; (also adjective) a baby boy.
2. (especially American, often babe) a girl or young woman.
ˈbabyish adjective like a baby; not mature. a babyish child that cries every day at school.
baby buggy/carriage (American) a pram.
baby grand a small grand piano.
ˈbaby-sit verb to remain in a house to look after a child while its parents are out. She baby-sits for her friends every Saturday.
ˈbaby-sitter nounˈbaby-sitting noun
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