Whet

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To sharpen (a knife, for example); hone.
  • v. To make more keen; stimulate: The frying bacon whetted my appetite.
  • n. The act of whetting.
  • n. Something that whets.
  • n. Informal An appetizer.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To hone or rub on with some substance, as a piece of stone, for the purpose of sharpening – see whetstone.
  • v. To stimulate or make more keen.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To rub or on with some substance, as a piece of stone, for the purpose of sharpening; to sharpen by attrition.
  • v. To make sharp, keen, or eager; to excite; to stimulate.
  • n. The act of whetting.
  • n. That which whets or sharpens; esp., an appetizer.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • 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.
  • n. The act of sharp-ening by friction; hence, something that provokes or stimulates; especially, something that whets the appetite, as a dram.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. sharpen by rubbing, as on a whetstone
  • v. make keen or more acute
  • Equivalent
    Verb Form
    whets    whetted    whetting   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    sharpen    stir    excite    stimulate   
    Cross Reference
    Variant
    whetting    whetted   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    excite    stimulate    grind   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Annette    Antoinette    Bernadette    Bizet    Bret    Brett    Burnett    Calumet    Chalmette    Chet   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    yoursel'    adium    komme    sollte    farm    herself    proofing    weiss    understand    hear