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whet /wet/ verb (past tense and past participle whetted, present participle whetting) [transitive]
برانگیختن، تهییج کردن، صاف کن، ابچرا، عمل تیز کردن بوسیله مالش، مهندسی: برانگیختن
whet[verb]Synonyms:- whet someone's appetite: stimulate, arouse, awaken, enhance, excite, kindle, quicken, rouse, stir
- sharpen, hone
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whet /wet/
verb (
past tense and past participle whetted,
present participle whetting)
[transitive][
Language: Old English;
Origin: hwettan]
1. whet sb’s appetite (for something) if an experience whets your appetite for something, it increases your desire for it:
The view from the Quai bridge had whetted my appetite for a trip on the lake.2. literary to make the edge of a blade sharp
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