Vad betyder whet på svenska och vad är definitionen av whet?

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whet betydelse and definition

0 to increase someone's interest in and wish for something, usually by giving them a small experience of it:
- I've read an excerpt of the book on the Web and it's whetted my appetite.
- That one kiss had whetted his appetite.
1 to sharpen the blade of a knife or similar tool:
- He whetted his knife against the stone.

He quickly latched on to a comment about the number of tenants, but having whetted our appetite, he failed to satisfy us.
Frankly, my appetite is being somewhat whetted by his argument.
He does not use phraseology which tickles the ear or whets the appetite of good conversation.
I remember very well his last contribution, which whetted my appetite for what we should hear to-day.
I hope that that whets my noble friend's appetite.
We have only had an excerpt and, having read it with great interest, it has whetted our appetites for more.
Therefore, it is arguable that a tantalising pre-release of a report acts a film trailer and whets the public appetite for more.
The public's appetite for them is increasingly evident, no doubt whetted by welfare considerations and the human health implications of some modern intensive practices.