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Definition of whet verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

whet

verb

NAmE//wɛt//

whet somethingVerb Forms present simple I / you / we / they whet

he / she / it whets

past simple whetted

-ing form whetting

to increase your desire for or interest in something The book will whet your appetite for more of her work.

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