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Verb: whet (whetted,whetting)  wet
  1. Sharpen by rubbing, as on a whetstone
    "He whetted the knife on the stone"
     
  2. Make keen or more acute
    "whet my appetite";
    - quicken

Sounds like: were, whirr, whi

Derived forms: whets, whetting, whetted

Type of: excite, sharpen, stimulate, stir

Encyclopedia: Whet