Noun

• S: (n) pet (pet%1:05:00::) (a domesticated animal kept for companionship or amusement)
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) darling (darling%1:18:00::), favorite (favorite%1:18:00::), favourite (favourite%1:18:00::), pet (pet%1:18:00::), dearie (dearie%1:18:00::), deary (deary%1:18:00::), ducky (ducky%1:18:00::) (a special loved one)
• S: (n) pet (pet%1:12:00::) (a fit of petulance or sulkiness (especially at what is felt to be a slight))
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) positron emission tomography (positron_emission_tomography%1:04:00::), PET (pet%1:04:00::) (using a computerized radiographic technique to examine the metabolic activity in various tissues (especially in the brain))
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) imaging (imaging%1:04:00::), tomography (tomography%1:04:00::) ((medicine) obtaining pictures of the interior of the body)
• S: (n) X-raying (x-raying%1:04:00::), X-radiation (x-radiation%1:04:00::) (obtaining images by the use of X rays)
• S: (n) sonography (sonography%1:04:00::), ultrasonography (ultrasonography%1:04:00::), echography (echography%1:04:00::), ultrasound (ultrasound%1:04:00::) (using the reflections of high-frequency sound waves to construct an image of a body organ (a sonogram); commonly used to observe fetal growth or study bodily organs)
• S: (n) positron emission tomography (positron_emission_tomography%1:04:00::), PET (pet%1:04:00::) (using a computerized radiographic technique to examine the metabolic activity in various tissues (especially in the brain))
• S: (n) magnetic resonance imaging (magnetic_resonance_imaging%1:04:00::), MRI (mri%1:04:00::) (the use of nuclear magnetic resonance of protons to produce proton density images)
• S: (n) radioscopy (radioscopy%1:04:00::), radiology (radiology%1:04:00::) ((radiology) examination of the inner structure of opaque objects using X rays or other penetrating radiation)

Verb

• S: (v) pet (pet%2:35:00::) (stroke or caress gently) "pet the lamb"
• S: (v) pet (pet%2:35:01::) (stroke or caress in an erotic manner, as during lovemaking)

Adjective

• S: (adj) favored (favored%3:00:00:loved:00), favorite (favorite%3:00:00:loved:00), favourite (favourite%3:00:00:loved:00), best-loved (best-loved%3:00:00:loved:00), pet (pet%3:00:00:loved:00), preferred (preferred%3:00:00:loved:00), preferent (preferent%3:00:00:loved:00) (preferred above all others and treated with partiality) "the favored child"
• similar to
• derivationally related form
• antonym