"child-mind" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: child-minds [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} child-mind (plural child-minds)
  1. Alternative form of childmind Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: childmind
    Sense id: en-child-mind-en-noun-xtBZCCxx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52

Verb

Forms: child-minds [present, singular, third-person], child-minding [participle, present], child-minded [participle, past], child-minded [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} child-mind (third-person singular simple present child-minds, present participle child-minding, simple past and past participle child-minded)
  1. Alternative form of childmind Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: childmind
    Sense id: en-child-mind-en-verb-xtBZCCxx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52

Inflected forms

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