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Definition of cat-sit in English: cat-sitverb [no object]Look after a cat or cats while their owner is away, usually staying at the owner's home in order to do so. I need someone to cat-sit this weekend a woman I used to cat-sit for Example sentencesExamples - I've cleaned the hell out of my apartment (so Sam doesn't see the squalor I've been living in when he comes over to cat-sit).
- I was first given a job in a learning centre by a woman I used to cat-sit for.
- Brent's parents were cat-sitting; he had left strict instructions for them not to let the aged but feisty tomcat out.
- Tiny, the 19-year-old black and white cat, went missing four weeks ago when her owner was away visiting her daughter and her nephew was cat-sitting.
- I'll be down in Rhode Island giving a talk next week and then getting on a plane to the Bay Area where I'll hang out and catsit and eat burritos for a week.
- I need someone to cat-sit this weekend.
- I first came here 20 years ago to visit a friend who was cat-sitting for an English lady.
- Last holiday we had a neighbor kid catsit, and he closed the door to the basement room where their litter boxes are located.
- My dear friend Stella catsat for me over Christmas break.
- My parents are going away for March break so I have to cat-sit.
Derivatives noun I have a "special needs" cat, wich is why I need a catsitter and not just a fabulous roommate. Example sentencesExamples - Don't think of robbing us as we are getting a cat-sitter.
- She charms humans so effectively that we have two different sets of cat-sitters eager to look after her when we travel.
- I phoned my good friend Chloe, who was about to go on holiday and was looking for a catsitter.
- My cats do just fine with a cat-sitter dropping by.
noun Tonight is my last night of cat sitting. Example sentencesExamples - I've moved in for my regular April week of cat sitting while they go off on holiday.
- I bought the parts for $30 and had my friend Billy do it in exchange for some future cat-sitting.
- I'll be quite sad to go home when the week of cat sitting is over, I think.
- Lorraine arrives home tomorrow morning, so the cat-sitting is nearly at an end.
Definition of cat-sit in US English: cat-sitverb [no object]Look after a cat or cats while their owner is away, usually staying at the owner's home in order to do so. I need someone to cat-sit this weekend a woman I used to cat-sit for Example sentencesExamples - My dear friend Stella catsat for me over Christmas break.
- I first came here 20 years ago to visit a friend who was cat-sitting for an English lady.
- Last holiday we had a neighbor kid catsit, and he closed the door to the basement room where their litter boxes are located.
- I've cleaned the hell out of my apartment (so Sam doesn't see the squalor I've been living in when he comes over to cat-sit).
- My parents are going away for March break so I have to cat-sit.
- I need someone to cat-sit this weekend.
- Tiny, the 19-year-old black and white cat, went missing four weeks ago when her owner was away visiting her daughter and her nephew was cat-sitting.
- I'll be down in Rhode Island giving a talk next week and then getting on a plane to the Bay Area where I'll hang out and catsit and eat burritos for a week.
- I was first given a job in a learning centre by a woman I used to cat-sit for.
- Brent's parents were cat-sitting; he had left strict instructions for them not to let the aged but feisty tomcat out.
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