whet the appetite
21whet — verb (T) 1 whet sb s appetite (for sth) if an experience whets your appetite for something, it increases your desire for it: The trip to Paris has whetted my appetite for travel. 2 literary to make the edge of a blade sharp …
22whet — verb /ʍɛt,wɛt/ a) To hone or rub on with some substance, as a piece of stone, for the purpose of sharpening. To whet one’s appetite. b) To stimulate or make more keen. In the end, porn doesn’t whet men’s appeti …
23whet — verb Whet is used with these nouns as the object: ↑appetite, ↑knife …
24whet — [wɛt] verb (whets, whetting, whetted) 1》 sharpen the blade of (a tool or weapon). 2》 excite or stimulate (someone s desire, interest, or appetite). noun archaic a thing that stimulates appetite or desire. Derivatives whetter noun Origi …
25whet one’s appetite — Not wet. The word has nothing to do with heightened salivary flow or anything of the like. It comes from an old English word, hwettan, meaning sharpen. Hence also whetstone for a stone used to sharpen knives …
26whet one's appetite — Not wet. The word has nothing to do with heightened salivary flow or anything of the like. It comes from an Old English word, hwettan, meaning sharpen. Hence also whetstone, for a stone used to sharpen knives …
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28wet / whet — Wet is full of moisture: We had to dry out the wet sleeping bag on our camping trip after a sudden storm. Whet is to stimulate or arouse: Smelling the stew whetted her appetite …
29wet / whet — Wet is full of moisture: We had to dry out the wet sleeping bag on our camping trip after a sudden storm. Whet is to stimulate or arouse: Smelling the stew whetted her appetite …
30List of city nicknames in the United States — This partial list of city nicknames in the United States compiles the aliases, sobriquets and slogans that cities are known by (or have been known by historically), officially and unofficially, to municipal governments, local people, outsiders or …
