WHET


Meaning of WHET in English

(INTEREST) [verb] [T] -tt- - whet someone's appetite to increase someone's interest in and desire for something, usually by giving them a small experience of itI read a brief extract of his new novel on the train and it has rather whetted my appetite for it.That one kiss had whetted his appetite.

Cambridge English vocab.      Кембриджский английский словарь.