pet
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Noun (4)pets
- a domesticated animal kept for companionship or amusementType of animal, animate being
- using a computerized radiographic technique to examine the metabolic activity in various tissues (especially in the brain)Synonyms: positron emission tomographyType of imaging, tomography
- a special loved oneSynonyms: darlingfavoritefavouritedeariedearyduckyType of loverKinds chosen, macushla, teacher's pet, mollycoddle
- a fit of petulance or sulkiness (especially at what is felt to be a slight)Type of irritability, crossness
Verb (2)petted, petting, pets
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Translations
Noun an animal kept as a companion
- Spanish
- mascota
- French
- animal de compagnie
- German
- Haustier
- Italian
- animale domestico
- Portuguese
- animal de estimação
- Russian
- дома́шнее живо́тное domášneje živótnoje
- Arabic
- حَيَوَان أَلِيف ḥayawān ʔalīf
- Chinese
- 宠物 chǒngwù
- Japanese
- ペット petto
- Dutch
- huisdier
23 more languages
- Polish
- zwierzę domowe
- Swedish
- husdjur
- Greek
- κατοικίδιο katoikídio
- Korean
- 애완동물 aewandongmul
- Vietnamese
- thú cưng
- Hungarian
- kisállat
- Portuguese (PT)
- animal de estimação
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 寵物 chǒngwù
- Catalan
- mascota
- Czech
- domácí mazlíček
- Danish
- kæledyr
- Esperanto
- hejmbesto
- Estonian
- lemmikloom
- Finnish
- lemmikkieläin
- Georgian
- შინაური ცხოველი šinauri cxoveli
- Hebrew
- חיית מחמד khayat makhmád
- Icelandic
- gæludýr
- Latvian
- mājdzīvnieks
- Norwegian
- kjæledyr
- Romanian
- animal de companie
- Serbo-Croatian
- ljubimac
- Swahili
- mnyama wa nyumbani
- Welsh
- anifail anwes
Verb to stroke, fondle an animal
- Spanish
- acariciar
- French
- caresser
- German
- streicheln
- Italian
- accarezzare
- Portuguese
- acariciar
- Turkish
- okşamak
- Russian
- гла́дить gláditʹ
- Chinese
- 抚摸 fǔmō
- Japanese
- 撫でる naderu
- Dutch
- aaien
Verb fondle amorously
The main translation for each meaning, from the langtolang.com multilingual dictionary. Each word links to its full entry there.
Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: Formerly peat, perhaps from Ir. peat, akin to Gael. peata.
1. A cade lamb; a lamb brought up by hand.
2. Any person especially cherished and indulged; a fondling; a darling; often, a favorite child; as, a teacher's pet. [ + ]
The love of cronies, pets, and favorites.— The Tatler
3. A slight fit of peevishness or fretfulness. “In a pet she started up.” Alfred Tennyson
4. Any animal kept as a companion, usually in or around one's home, typically domesticated and cared for attentively and often affectionately. Distinguished from animals raised for food or to perform useful tasks, as a draft animal or a farm animal.
Petted; indulged; favorite; admired; cherished; as, a pet child; a pet lamb; a pet theory; a pet animal.
Some young lady's pet curate.— Frederick Harrison
Pet cock. Machinery A little faucet in a water pipe or pump, to let air out, or at the end of a steam cylinder, to drain it. [Also spelled petcock.]
To treat as a pet; to fondle; to indulge; as, she was petted and spoiled.
To be a pet. Owen Feltham
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: GCIDE editors