PET
\pˈɛt], \pˈɛt], \p_ˈɛ_t]\
Definitions of PET
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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preferred above all others and treated with partiality; "the favored child"
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a domesticated animal kept for companionship or amusement
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a fit of petulance or sulkiness (especially at what is felt to be a slight)
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stroke or caress in an erotic manner, as during lovemaking
By Princeton University
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preferred above all others and treated with partiality; "the favored child"
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a domesticated animal kept for companionship or amusement
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a fit of petulance or sulkiness (especially at what is felt to be a slight)
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stroke or caress in an erotic manner, as during lovemaking
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To treat as a pet; to fondle.
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A cade lamb; a lamb brought up by hand.
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Any person or animal especially cherished and indulged; a fondling; a darling; often, a favorite child.
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A slight fit of peevishness or fretfulness.
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Petted; indulged; admired; cherished; as, a pet child; a pet lamb; a pet theory.
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To treat as a pet; to fondle; to indulge; as, she was petted and spoiled.
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To be a pet.
By Oddity Software
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A cade lamb; a lamb brought up by hand.
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Any person or animal especially cherished and indulged; a fondling; a darling; often, a favorite child.
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A slight fit of peevishness or fretfulness.
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Petted; indulged; admired; cherished; as, a pet child; a pet lamb; a pet theory.
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To treat as a pet; to fondle; to indulge; as, she was petted and spoiled.
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To be a pet.
By Noah Webster.
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Animals which have become adapted through breeding in captivity to a life intimately associated with man. They include animals domesticated by man to live and breed in a tame condition on farms or ranches (e.g., horses, cattle, sheep) and those raised or kept for pleasure and companionship (e.g., dogs, cats, horses).
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Any person or animal that is fondled or caressed; a sudden fit of peevishness.
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Favorite; accustomed to indulgence.
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To fondle or indulge.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Any animal tame and fondled: a word of endearment often used to young children.
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To treat as a pet: to fondle:-pr.p. petting; pa.t. and pa.p. petted.
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A sudden fit of peevishness or slight passion.
By Daniel Lyons
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A fit of peevishness or slight anger.
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Any creature fondled or indulged; favorite.
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Favorite.
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Pettish.
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To treat as a pet; fondle.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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