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whet, v.
(whets, whetted, whetting)
freq. cnt. 1
more info make keen or more acute
<verb.perception>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

quicken whet

sample sentences

"whet my appetite"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
semantic pointers
hypernym
stir, stimulate, excite
more info sharpen by rubbing, as on a whetstone
<verb.contact>

whet

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
semantic pointers
hypernym
sharpen