house-sit

verb

1. to live in and look after a house during the absence of its owner or owners

Derived Forms

• ˈhouse-ˌsitter, noun

Example Sentences

Recently, my adult daughter agreed to house-sit for friends in Culver City.

From Los Angeles Times

She was 23 and living in Cincinnati, Ohio, where she had just been sabotaged out of her first post-college corporate job by a racist boss, when she drove both the car and the boyfriend she'd had since high school across the country to Orange County, California, to house-sit for his grandparents.

From Salon

Her solution was to agree to house-sit, walk dogs, and care for plants for people around the globe.

From Reuters

Mr. DePape would help her with her chickens and occasionally house-sit for her, she said.

From New York Times

I recently had someone house-sit for me, and when I came back, I realized he left a controlled substance behind.

From New York Times