English dictionary

whet

/hw//E/t/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

make keen or more acute

verb.perception

Examples
Whet my appetite.

Synonyms quicken

Source: WordNet 3.0
sharpen by rubbing, as on a whetstone

verb.contact

Source: WordNet 3.0
To rub or on with some substance, as a piece of stone, for the purpose of sharpening; to sharpen by attrition; as, to <i>whet</i> a knife.

verb

Source: webster1913