Whet meaning

Verb: whet

Pronunciation: (wet)

Whet meaning:

• Sharpen by rubbing, as on a whetstone.
• To make keen or more acute.

The hot weather will whet his thirst for a soft drink.

No doubt the Australian public is talking about the tight Ashes battle that we’re currently in, and hopefully, that can whet people’s appetites for even more great cricket in October.

The future belongs to those who are virile, to whom it is a pleasure to live, to create, to whet their intelligence on that of the others.

I was immersed completely in the ‘Harry Potter’ world. I recognized that this was something exceptionally clever and very good and very well written, with a prospect of six more books to follow. So of course, this really whetted my appetite.

I think some of our young guys who have been here for two or three years finally got a taste of the playoffs and a little bit of an understanding of where the fun in the game is. That’s the time of year. It certainly whets your appetite and we have a new challenge this year, so we are going to attack it.

We hope that these free concerts will whet their appetite for more and they will join us for regular concerts during the season.

There’s a lot of good news coming out of the tech industry and that’s whetting investors’ appetites.

Our minds are like our stomachs; they are whetted by the change of their food, and variety supplies both with fresh appetites.

There were leaders from around the world at the institute, so my appetite was whetted for this.