"cat-sit" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: cat-sits [present, singular, third-person], cat-sitting [participle, present], cat-sat [participle, past], cat-sat [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|cat-sits|cat-sitting|cat-sat}} cat-sit (third-person singular simple present cat-sits, present participle cat-sitting, simple past and past participle cat-sat)
  1. Alternative form of catsit Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: catsit Categories (lifeform): Cats
    Sense id: en-cat-sit-en-verb-MQmGC-av Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1972, Lavinia Russ, A high old time: or, How to enjoy being a woman over sixty, page 194:",
          "text": "If you are a cat lover, you can cat-sit for a season in some spiffy house or apartment.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1990, Lilian Jackson Braun, The Cat who Talked to Ghosts, page 227:",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2014, Janine Ashbless, Cover Him with Darkness, page 25:",
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          "ref": "2014, Janine Ashbless, Cover Him with Darkness, page 25:",
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