whet
verb/wet/
/wet/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they whet | /wet/ /wet/ |
| he / she / it whets | /wets/ /wets/ |
| past simple whetted | /ˈwetɪd/ /ˈwetɪd/ |
| past participle whetted | /ˈwetɪd/ /ˈwetɪd/ |
| -ing form whetting | /ˈwetɪŋ/ /ˈwetɪŋ/ |
- whet something to increase your desire for or interest in something
- The book will whet your appetite for more of her work.
Extra Examples- So, if this has whetted your appetite for setting up your own website, how should you get started?
- The long walk had whetted my appetite.
- This success whetted my appetite to go in for more competitions.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryWhet is used with these nouns as the object:- appetite
- knife
Word OriginOld English hwettan, of Germanic origin; related to German wetzen, based on an adjective meaning ‘sharp’.Want to learn more?
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