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Pet
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1. pet
a domesticated animal kept for companionship or amusement
3. pet
a fit of petulance or sulkiness (especially at what is felt to be a slight)
4. pet, positron emission tomography
using a computerized radiographic technique to examine the metabolic activity in various tissues (especially in the brain)
Verb
5. pet
stroke or caress gently
Example Sentences:'pet the lamb'
6. pet
stroke or caress in an erotic manner, as during lovemaking
Adjective
7. best-loved, favored, favorite, favourite, pet, preferent, preferred
preferred above all others and treated with partiality
Example Sentences:'the favored child'
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
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Pet
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