baby sit
v.
supervise children while their parents are not home; watching over a child, supervising children
baby-sit
work as a babysitter, guard someone else's children
baby-sit
Verb
1. work or act as a baby-sitter; "I cannot baby-sit tonight; I have too much homework to do"
(synonym) sit
(hypernym) guard
(derivation) babysitter, baby-sitter, sitter
baby sit
Synonyms and related words:
attend to, care for, chaperon, cherish, conserve, foster, keep watch over, look after, look out for, look to, matronize, mind, minister to, mother, nurse, nurture, preserve, protege, provide for, ride herd on, see after, see to, shepherd, support, take care of, take charge of, tend, watch, watch out for, watch over,
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.
baby-sit
BABY-SIT
FARE LA BABY-SITTER. PRENDERSI CURA DI BAMBINI A CASA LORO. SORVEGLIARE PER CONTO DEL PROPRIETARIO