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Noun pet has 4 senses

pet - a domesticated animal kept for companionship or amusement
--₁ is a kind of animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna
darling, favorite, favourite, pet, dearie, deary, ducky - a special loved one
--₂ is a kind of lover
--₂ has particulars: chosen; macushla; mollycoddle; teacher's pet
Derived forms: verb pet₂, verb pet₁
pet - a fit of petulance or sulkiness (especially at what is felt to be a slight)
--₃ is a kind of irritability, crossness, fretfulness, fussiness, peevishness, petulance, choler
positron emission tomography, PET - using a computerized radiographic technique to examine the metabolic activity in various tissues (especially in the brain)
--₄ is a kind of imaging, tomography

Verb pet has 2 senses

pet - stroke or caress gently; "pet the lamb"
--₁ is one way to caress

Derived form: noun pet₂
Sample sentence:
pet - stroke or caress in an erotic manner, as during lovemaking
--₂ is one way to caress

Derived forms: noun pet₂, noun petter₁, noun petting₁
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody