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English adjective: pet | |||
| 1. | pet preferred above all others and treated with partiality | ||
| Samples | The favored child. | ||
| Synonyms | best-loved, favored, favorite, favourite, preferent, preferred | ||
| Similar | loved | ||
| Antonyms | unloved | ||
English noun: pet | |||
| 1. | pet (animal) a domesticated animal kept for companionship or amusement | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna | ||
| 2. | pet (person) a special loved one | ||
| Synonyms | darling, dearie, deary, ducky, favorite, favourite | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | lover | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | chosen, macushla, mollycoddle, teacher's pet | ||
| 3. | pet (feeling) a fit of petulance or sulkiness (especially at what is felt to be a slight) | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | choler, crossness, fretfulness, fussiness, irritability, peevishness, petulance | ||
| 4. | PET (act) using a computerized radiographic technique to examine the metabolic activity in various tissues (especially in the brain) | ||
| Synonyms | positron emission tomography | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | imaging, tomography | ||
English verb: pet | |||
| 1. | pet (contact) stroke or caress gently | ||
| Samples | Pet the lamb. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | caress, fondle | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | canoodle, gentle, make out, neck | ||
| 2. | pet (contact) stroke or caress in an erotic manner, as during lovemaking | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | caress, fondle | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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