Dictionary

home-sit en · VERB

Etymology

From home + sit, formed by analogy to babysit.

Meanings

1. Synonym of house-sit.
   • The lovely home that we home-sat is high above the sea in Ledgewood Beach community and between community coffee and tea parties where everyone meets everyone else, and our long hikes on the beach and in the Island Parks and forests, we met many of our neighbors. 1981 November 1, Barbara Hauge, “Winter visitors to Whidbey Island find a seniors’ ‘heaven by the sea’”, in Great Falls Tribune, 96th year, number 172, Great Falls, Mont., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 5-F, column 3:
   • Hazel Freed and her cousin Susan Klayman call themselves Housewives Who Home-Sit. For several years they have been “home-sitting” for vacationing relatives and friends. Last May they began operating professionally and in partnership. 1978 January 17, “A 5-year-old service: She’ll mind the cats but not the dogs”, in The Toronto Star, four star edition, Toronto, Ont., →ISSN, →OCLC, page C1, column 5:
   • Crews did not live at the home, King said. Crews is believed to have been home-sitting for the owners while they were away. 2015 January 20, Zach Evans, “KSP: 20-year-old died from gunshots to the face in Henderson”, in The Messenger, Madisonville, Ky.: Civitas Media, →OCLC, page A2, column 3:

Forms

Relateds

homesitting · homesitter

Synonyms

house-sit