"house-sit" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From house + sit, formed by analogy to babysit.",
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      "form": "house-sits",
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      "form": "housesit",
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        {
          "text": "I'm house-sitting for my friends while they're on vacation in France.",
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          "text": "I’m house-sitting my uncle’s place in San Rafael for a few months.",
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        "To live temporarily in someone else's home, or to attend it regularly, for the purpose of protecting and tending to it in the owner's or tenant's absence."
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        "(ambitransitive) To live temporarily in someone else's home, or to attend it regularly, for the purpose of protecting and tending to it in the owner's or tenant's absence."
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      "ipa": "/ˈhaʊsˌsɪt/"
    }
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  "word": "house-sit"
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      "form": "housesit",
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