Friday, September 14, 2012

whet

(adj./v.): sharpened/to sharpen

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  1. The chief whetted the knife on the stone in order cut the steak easily.

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  2. The slaughterman whetted the knife before execution.

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  3. The knife needs to be whetted before it can cut a clean, straight line.

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  4. The knife had already been whetted when the condemned criminal arrived.

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  5. The coming iPhone always whets people's interest.

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  6. If I want to insert my stick into the meep, I need to whet it first so that it will penetrate the outer layer

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  7. Jimmy's whet fart penetrated his classmate's nose and disabled it forever.

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  8. One would need to whet his critical thinking skills to see the perverted intentions of Joseph's comment.

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  9. He sharpened his face on the whetstone.

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  10. The scholar whet the pencil everyday in order to write neatly

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    1. Interesting usage. Whet is usually used for tools or a form of interest (appetite, etc.).

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  11. The smell coming from the kitchen whetted my appetite.

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  12. I whetted my knife before I used it to kill the T.rex in my backyard.

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  13. The whetted blade was ready for another execution at the guillotine.

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  14. The butcher had his cleaver nicely whet for the day.

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  15. Whet
    Alyssa slashed Alex with a recently whetted knife.

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  16. He had an appetizer to whet his appetite.

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  17. The farmer had accidentally thrown his whetted hatchet into the river.

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  18. I wetted my knife in order to split an egg in half.

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  19. She whet her knife before beginning to prepare the vegetables for dinner, because she needed a sharp knife.

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