If someone or something whets your appetite for a particular thing, they increase your desire to have it or know about it, especially by giving you an idea of what it is like. A really good catalogue can also whet customers' appetites for merchandise
To rub or on with some substance, as a piece of stone, for the purpose of sharpening; to sharpen by attrition; as, to whet a knife
whetted
Расстановка переносов
whet·ted
Турецкое произношение
hwetîd
Произношение
/ˈhwetəd/ /ˈhwɛtɪd/
Этимология
[ 'hwet, 'wet ] (transitive verb.) before 12th century. Middle English whetten, from Old English hwettan; akin to Old High German wezzen to whet, waz sharp.