- whet your appetite
- If something whets your appetite, it interests you and makes you want more of it.(Dorking School Dictionary)
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whet your appetite
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whet your appetite — If something whets your appetite, it interests you and makes you want more of it … The small dictionary of idiomes
whet your appetite — improve your appetite, cause you to be hungry How about an aphrodisiac to whet your appetite? … English idioms
Whet your appetite — If something whet your appetite, it interests you and makes you want more of it … Dictionary of English idioms
whet your appetite (for something) — phrase to increase the feeling that you want to have or to do a particular thing a TV programme that will whet people’s appetite for travel Thesaurus: to make someone feel excited, enthusiastic or impressedsynonym Main entry: whet … Useful english dictionary
whet — [ wet, hwet ] verb transitive if you whet a blade, you make it sharper: SHARPEN whet your appetite (for something) to increase the feeling that you want to have or do a particular thing: a TV program that will whet people s appetite for travel … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
whet — UK [wet] / US / US [hwet] verb [transitive] Word forms whet : present tense I/you/we/they whet he/she/it whets present participle whetting past tense whetted past participle whetted if you whet a blade, you make it sharper using a whetstone •… … English dictionary
whet — verb 1) he whetted his knife on a stone Syn: sharpen, hone, strop, grind, file Ant: blunt 2) something to whet your appetite Syn: stimulate, excite, arouse … Thesaurus of popular words
whet — [wet] verb whet your appetite (for sth) to make you feel that you want more of something[/ex] … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
whet — [wet] v past tense and past participle whetted present participle whetting [T] [: Old English; Origin: hwettan] 1.) whet sb s appetite (for sth) if an experience whets your appetite for something, it increases your desire for it ▪ The view from… … Dictionary of contemporary English
appetite — noun 1 (U) a desire for food: a healthy appetite | lose your appetite: She has completely lost her appetite since the operation. | have a huge/big/voracious appetite (=have the ability to eat a lot of food) | spoil/ruin your appetite (=eat before … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
