whet

Meanings

• Verb

  To make sharp or keener; to prepare for effective use by sharpening.

  - "He wets his knife before sharpening it."
  - "The stone was used to whet the sword."
  - "The chef whets his knives before starting to cook."

• Verb

  To excite or stimulate.

  - "The speech whet the audience's appetite for more."
  - "The new product is expected to whet consumer demand."
  - "The competition whets the nerves of the athletes."

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with whet
net , whetstone , get

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Variants

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Etymology

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Old English hweotan, from hweotan 'to turn, twist, bend'. Related to hweorthan 'to become, come into being'.

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Trivia

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1. The word 'whet' is related to the word 'hue', which comes from the Old English word 'hweotan'.

2. The word 'whet' is also used in the phrase 'whet your whistle', which means to take a drink to quench your thirst.

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Related Concepts

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1. Sharpening: The process of making a cutting edge or surface smoother and sharper, typically by removing small amounts of material.

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Culture

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In literature, 'whet' is often used metaphorically to describe the excitement or anticipation that something creates. For example, in Shakespeare's 'Macbeth', Lady Macbeth says, 'Come, you spirits / That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, / And fill me from the crown to the toe topmost / With direst cruelty! Make thick my blood, / Stop up th' access and passage to remorse, / That no compunctious visitings of nature / Shake my fell purpose nor keep peace between / Th' effect and it.', which shows how 'whet' can be used to describe the intense desire or motivation to carry out an action.

How to Memorize "whet"

1. visualize
   

   - Visualize the process of sharpening a knife or other sharp object to understand the meaning of 'whet'.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'whet' with the sensation of sharpness or the excitement of anticipation.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Use the mnemonic 'Whet your appetite' to remember the meaning of 'whet' as 'to make sharp or stimulate'.

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