pet
1. a domesticated animal kept for companionship or amusement (Freq. 2)
• Hypernyms:
animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna
2. a special loved one
• Syn:
darling, favorite, favourite, dearie, deary, ducky
• Derivationally related forms:
favourite (for: favourite), darling (for: darling)
• Hypernyms:
lover
• Hyponyms:
chosen, macushla, mollycoddle, teacher's pet
3. a fit of petulance or sulkiness (especially at what is felt to be a slight)
• Hypernyms:
irritability, crossness, fretfulness, fussiness, peevishness,
petulance, choler
1. stroke or caress gently (Freq. 1)
- pet the lamb
• Hypernyms:
caress, fondle
• Hyponyms:
canoodle, gentle, neck, make out
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s somebody
2. stroke or caress in an erotic manner, as during lovemaking
• Derivationally related forms:
petter, petting
• Hypernyms:
caress, fondle
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s somebody
preferred above all others and treated with partiality
- the favored child
• Syn:
favored, favorite, favourite, best-loved, preferred, preferent
• Similar to:
loved
• Derivationally related forms:
preference (for: preferent), favourite (for: favourite), favorite (for: favorite)
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