pet
754
1.0
- noun
- /pɛt/
:
mascota
- Even your pet dog or pet cat has dawn phenomenon.
- pet owners
- a pet dog
- a pet cat
Like with our children, with our pets, we don't have this problem.
- Like with our children, with our pets, we don't have this problem.
- And I wouldn't want my pets to live in a cage.
- And then the loss of another close friend or pet just sends them down.
- Or like movies where loyal pet dies my soul.
- They've been asking for a pet goat since we left.
- That's because someone lost one of their pets during the storm.
- You may enjoy a job, friends, kids, pets, daily activities.
- Apparently it's like the new coolest thing, pet hair removal.
- And one thing, one key ingredient to our pets happiness is chewy.
- They never ate any pet in my presence.
Examples
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They've been asking for a pet goat since we left.
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After a long day, he enjoys cuddling with his pet dog on the couch.
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I do have a pet and it's a snake.
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When I was a kid I had a pet frog.
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Bruce and Michael were their names; their pet dog had died the night before.
Fiction book (1992) -
The angora kitten he had seen in a pet shop window had become her close companion.
Fiction book (1990) -
Mrs. Manion, may I congratulate you on your well-trained pet?
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He may not have a gazelle, but a pet rooster will do.
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She loves playing with her pet cat in the backyard every afternoon.
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When my sister visits, she always brings her pet rabbit with her.
Synonyms
3
1.6
An animal that people keep and breed to live with them like a cow or dog
2
1.1
An animal people keep and breed to live with them or help them
Antonyms
Compounds
3
4.4
An animal from another country that people keep in their home for company, like a snake or parrot
- Specialized
1
3.5
Machine that makes pictures showing activity in the body to find cancer
How Tame
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word pet probably comes from an old Irish word peata meaning 'tame animal' and from Scottish use for a favourite animal. So a pet is an animal you keep for love and company rather than for work.