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| Language: | Old English |
| Origin: | hwettan |
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Related topics: Toolswhet
past tense and past participle whetted, present participle whetting [transitive]
past tense and past participle whetted, present participle whetting [transitive]1 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.
whet somebody's appetite (for something)
The view from the Quai bridge had whetted my appetite for a trip on the lake.2 literaryTZ to make the edge of a blade sharp
