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always Father's pet.
--adj. 2 tame, trained, domesticated: Doesn't the landlord
take a dim view of your keeping a pet alligator in the bath? 3
favourite, favoured, preferred, cherished, special, particular;
indulged, prized, treasured, precious, dearest, adored, darling:
Building the summer-house was Desmond's pet project. Elizabeth's
pet pupil is Anne.
--v. 4 caress, fondle, stroke, pat; cuddle, nuzzle, nestle,
snuggle, Colloq neck, smooch or Australian and New Zealand also
smoodge or smooge, Chiefly US and Canadian make out: Small
children need to be petted a lot. Two teenagers were petting in
the back seat of the car. 5 humour, pamper, favour, baby,
coddle, cosset, mollycoddle, cocker, spoil, indulge, dote on:
His mother pets him far too much.
petý n. (bad or ill) temper, pique, sulk, (bad) mood, fume, Colloq
Brit paddy or paddywhack or paddywack: He's in a terrible pet
because they forgot to cancel the milk when they went on
holiday.
peter out v. diminish, evaporate, wane, come to nothing or naught or US
also nought, die out, disappear, fail, fade (out or away),
dwindle (into nothing), run out, give out, flag, melt away: The
path petered out after a mile or so and they realized that they
had lost their bearings.
petite adj. delicate, dainty, mignon(ne), diminutive, small, little,
slight, tiny, small-boned, Colloq Brit dinky: It was
incongruous to see the basketball player with a petite blonde.
petition n. 1 request, application, solicitation, suit, entreaty,
supplication, plea, appeal: An anti-pollution petition, signed
by thousands of people, was delivered to the Department of the
Environment.
--v. 2 request, ask, apply to, apply for, solicit, sue, call
upon, entreat, supplicate, plead, appeal (to), appeal (for),
beseech, implore, importune, Rare obsecrate: The shopkeepers
petitioned the council for better police protection.
petrified adj. 1 horrified, horror-stricken, terrified, terror-stricken,