· a domesticated animal kept for companionship or amusement

Hypernym(s): animal, animate_being, beast, brute, creature, fauna

· a special loved one

Synonym(s): darling, favorite, favourite, dearie, deary, ducky

Hypernym(s): lover

· a fit of petulance or sulkiness (especially at what is felt to be a slight)

Hypernym(s): irritability, crossness, fretfulness, fussiness, peevishness, petulance, choler

· using a computerized radiographic technique to examine the metabolic activity in various tissues (especially in the brain)

Synonym(s): positron_emission_tomography, PET

Hypernym(s): imaging, tomography

· stroke or caress gently; "pet the lamb"

Hypernym(s): caress, fondle

· stroke or caress in an erotic manner, as during lovemaking

Hypernym(s): caress, fondle

· preferred above all others and treated with partiality; "the favored child"

Synonym(s): favored, favorite, favourite, best-loved, preferred, preferent