Pet
[pet] or [pɛt]
Definition
(noun.) a domesticated animal kept for companionship or amusement.
(noun.) a fit of petulance or sulkiness (especially at what is felt to be a slight).
(verb.) stroke or caress in an erotic manner, as during lovemaking.
(verb.) stroke or caress gently; 'pet the lamb'.
Editor: Vito--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A cade lamb; a lamb brought up by hand.
(n.) Any person or animal especially cherished and indulged; a fondling; a darling; often, a favorite child.
(n.) A slight fit of peevishness or fretfulness.
(a.) Petted; indulged; admired; cherished; as, a pet child; a pet lamb; a pet theory.
(v. t.) To treat as a pet; to fondle; to indulge; as, she was petted and spoiled.
(v. i.) To be a pet.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Fondling, darling, favorite.[2]. Miff, angry mood, fit of peevishness.
a. Favorite, especially liked.
v. a. Fondle, indulge, caress, make much of.
Typist: Montague
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See FONDLE]
SYN:Darling, fondling, favorite, cosset, jewel, minion, idol
ANT:Horror, bugbear, aversion, scarecrow
Edited by Elena
Definition
n. any animal tame and fondled: a word of endearment often used to young children: a favourite child: a wilful young woman—also Peat.—adj. indulged: cherished: favourite.—v.t. to treat as a pet: to fondle:—pr.p. pet′ting; pa.t. and pa.p. pet′ted.
n. a sudden fit of peevishness or slight passion: ill-humour.—v.i. to be peevish to sulk.
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Examples
- We loved each other about as boys generally do,--off and on, and in general;--he was my father's pet, and I my mother's. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Why, my pet of pets, I could have told you that weeks and weeks ago! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I have always noticed that you were a sort of pet of his. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Beth mourned as for a departed kitten, and Meg refused to defend her pet. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- But she can pet and comfort him after I'm gone, and so cure him of this romantic notion. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Shirley made him her pet, and he made Shirley his playmate. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Speak, my pet! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Why, my pet of pets, I could have told you that weeks and weeks ago! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- He seems to be even fonder of his mice than of his other pets, smiles at them, and kisses them, and calls them by all sorts of endearing names. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- She would accept nothing but the world of amusement, and the serious people of her life were the animals she had for pets. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Give us a kiss, my pets. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- No one had ever considered the possibility of eating pork, for in those days pigs were pets, and just as every family today has its dog Rover, so then, every family had its pig Scraps. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- There were six dolls to be taken up and dressed every morning, for Beth was a child still and loved her pets as well as ever. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- I had forgotten the strange pets which the doctor affected. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- To go petting Papa and helping you, just to wheedle you into liking him. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- No, no, not so bad as that, said Lydgate, giving up remonstrance and petting her resignedly. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- He will make a fine man, if not spoiled by petting, replied her mother. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- She is still petting and patting it when the cows come in to be milked. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I believe all the petting that is given them does not make them happy. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- It was not only a pleasure, but a duty to answer them, for the poor fellow was forlorn, and needed petting, since Jo persisted in being stonyhearted. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- After studying himself to a skeleton all the week, a fellow deserves petting and ought to get it. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Amy was in a fair way to be spoiled, for everyone petted her, and her small vanities and selfishnesses were growing nicely. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- She petted them, as I may say, and made the most of them. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Riderhood quite petted his reply; saying a second time, and prolonging a negative roll of his head, 'n--n--not a inch sooner, governor. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- By-and-by tears answered him; he petted herand they were friends. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- She felt her exile deeply, and for the first time in her life, realized how much she was beloved and petted at home. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- She petted Margaret in every possible way, and bought every delicacy, or soft luxury in which she herself would have burrowed and sought comfort. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Everyone petted her, and 'Daisey', as they called her, was in a fair way to have her head turned. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
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