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Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To sharpen (a knife, for example); hone.
- transitive verb To make more keen; stimulate.
- noun Something that whets the appetite or desire.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To make sharp; sharpen (an edged or pointed tool or weapon) by rubbing it on a stone, or with an implement of stone or other material.
- To make sharp, keen, or eager; excite; stimulate: as, to
whet the appetite. - To rub; scratch.
- To prune or preen; trim.
- To cut with a knife.
- noun The act of sharp-ening by friction; hence, something that provokes or stimulates; especially, something that whets the appetite, as a dram.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To rub or on with some substance, as a piece of stone, for the purpose of sharpening; to sharpen by attrition.
- transitive verb To make sharp, keen, or eager; to excite; to stimulate.
- transitive verb to urge on or forward; to instigate.
- noun The act of whetting.
- noun That which whets or sharpens; esp., an appetizer.
- noun (Min.) a variety of slate used for sharpening cutting instruments; novaculite; -- called also
whetstone slate , andoilstone .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To
hone orrub on with somesubstance , as a piece ofstone , for the purpose ofsharpening – seewhetstone . - verb transitive To
stimulate or make morekeen .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb sharpen by rubbing, as on a whetstone
- verb make keen or more acute
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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They're not "wet stones" but rather "whetstones" as in "whet: to make keen or more acute;" whet my appetite "; to sharpen by rubbing, as on a whetstone"
Learn To Sharpen Good Knives With Water Stones | Lifehacker Australia 2010
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Theres a pair of imbeciles around here called whet (nee sven) and ashie for perfect examples of such stupidity.
Army Rumour Service 2010
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Theres a pair of imbeciles around here called whet (nee sven) and ashie for perfect examples of such stupidity.
Army Rumour Service 2010
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Theres a pair of imbeciles around here called whet (nee sven) and ashie for perfect examples of such stupidity.
Army Rumour Service 2010
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Theres a pair of imbeciles around here called whet (nee sven) and ashie for perfect examples of such stupidity.
Army Rumour Service 2010
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Theres a pair of imbeciles around here called whet (nee sven) and ashie for perfect examples of such stupidity.
Army Rumour Service 2010
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Theres a pair of imbeciles around here called whet (nee sven) and ashie for perfect examples of such stupidity.
Army Rumour Service 2010
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Do you think this had kind of whet your appetite for more animation?
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For the first time, a Government of independent Sri Lanka has appointed a military censor to "whet" and "cut" media reports relating to sensitive material on the war.
Kottu 2009
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I would like to nominate "whet" and "bobthedog" purely on the fact they are both tree hugging PC fu-cktards, who would rather fight for the rights of fugees than they would for the rights of the people who actually deserve it.
Army Rumour Service 2009
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Words with the same meaning
- accelerate
- aculeate
- acuminate
- aggravate
- agitate
- animate
- antepast
- antipasto
- aperitif
- appetizer
- arouse
- awaken
- bait
- barb
- beef up
- bestir
- blow the coals
- blow up
- bribe
- canape
- carrot
- challenge
- complicate
- concentrate
- condense
- consolidate
- cultivate
- cuspidate
- deepen
- double
- edge
- encouragement
- enhance
- enliven
- exacerbate
- exaggerate
- excite
- exhilarate
- fan
- fan the flame
- feed the fire
- ferment
- file
- fillip
- fire
- foment
- foretaste
- galvanize
- grind
- heat
- heat up
- heighten
- hone
- hop up
- hot up
- impassion
- incense
- incentive
- incite
- incitement
- inducement
- inflame
- infuse life into
- instigate
- intensify
- interest
- invigorate
- invitation
- jazz up
- key up
- kindle
- lure
- magnify
- make complex
- make sensitive
- nettle
- oilstone
- payment
- percentage
- persuasive
- pick up
- pique
- point
- profit
- provocation
- provoke
- put up to
- quicken
- rally
- ramify
- redouble
- refine
- reinforce
- renew
- reset
- resuscitate
- revive
- reward
- rouse
- sensibilize
- sensitize
- set
- set on
- sharp
- sharpen
- sic on
- smorgasbord
- soup up
- spiculate
- spur
- step up
- stimulate
- stimulation
- stimulative
- stimulus
- stir
- stir the embers
- stir up
- strap
- strengthen
- strop
- sweetener
- sweetening
- taper
- tickle
- triple
- wake
- waken
- whip up
- work up
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Words with the same terminal sound
- Annette
- Antoinette
- Bernadette
- Bizet
- Bret
- Brett
- Burnett
- Calumet
- Chalmette
- Chet
- Colette
- Corvette
- Deseret
- Fayette
- Georgette
- Gillette
- Henriette
- Janette
- Jeanette
- Jeannette
- Lafayette
- Lett
- Linette
- Lisette
- Louisette
- Lynette
- Marquette
- Met
- Net
- Nicolet
- Nicolette
- Odette
- Olivette
- Paulette
- Piet
- Reset
- Set
- Tagamet
- Tet
- Tibet
- Willamette
- Wynette
- Yvette
- abet
- anisette
- baguette
- barbette
- baronet
- barrette
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- beset
- bet
- bett
- boulet
- bret
- brett
- brunet
- brunette
- burnette
- cabriolet
- cadet
- calumet
- cassette
- charette
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- cigarette
- clarinet
- cornet
- cornette
- coronet
- corvette
- cossette
- couchette
- debt
- diskette
- doucet
- duet
- et
- falconet
- fette
- flageolet
- forget
- forgette
- fret
- frett
- gazette
- georgette
- get
- intermet
- jet
- jette
- juliette
- kett
- kitchenette
- let
- lorette
- lorgnette
- luncheonette
- met
- mette
- minaret
- minette
- minuet
- net
- nett
- nyet
- octet
- offset
- pet
- piet
- pipette
- piquette
- preset
- pret
- quartet
- quintet
- regret
- reset
- ret
- rosette
- roulette
- set
- sette
- sextet
- silhouette
- sobriquet
- statuette
- stet
- suffragette
- surette
- sweat
- threat
- tourette
- unmet
- unset
- upset
- vedette
- vet
- vignette
- wet
- yet
- yett
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