transitive verb. To sharpen (a knife, for example); hone.

transitive verb. To make more keen; stimulate.

noun. Something that whets the appetite or desire.

noun. The act of sharp-ening by friction; hence, something that provokes or stimulates; especially, something that whets the appetite, as a dram.

To make sharp; sharpen (an edged or pointed tool or weapon) by rubbing it on a stone, or with an implement of stone or other material.

To make sharp, keen, or eager; excite; stimulate: as, to whet the appetite.

To rub; scratch.

To prune or preen; trim.

To cut with a knife.

transitive verb. To rub or on with some substance, as a piece of stone, for the purpose of sharpening; to sharpen by attrition.

transitive verb. To make sharp, keen, or eager; to excite; to stimulate.

transitive verb. to urge on or forward; to instigate.

transitive verb. undefined

noun. The act of whetting.

noun. That which whets or sharpens; esp., an appetizer.

noun. a variety of slate used for sharpening cutting instruments; novaculite; -- called also whetstone slate, and oilstone.

verb. To hone or rub on with some substance, as a piece of stone, for the purpose of sharpening – see whetstone.

verb. To stimulate or make more keen.

verb. sharpen by rubbing, as on a whetstone

verb. make keen or more acute

"They're not "wet stones" but rather "whetstones" as in "whet: to make keen or more acute;" whet my appetite "; to sharpen by rubbing, as on a whetstone""

to whet on  to whet one's whistle  

to whet forward  

excite  sharpen  stimulate  stir  

Annette  Antoinette  Bernadette  Bizet  Bret  

adium  advise  break  call  darf  

accelerate  aculeate  acuminate  aggravate  agitate  

whetted  whetting  

whets  whetted  whetting