whet

Significado (Inglés)

1. To hone or rub on with some substance, as a piece of stone, for the purpose of sharpening – see whetstone.
2. To stimulate or make more keen.
3. (obsolete) To preen.

afilar

aguzar

be sharpened

fille

make keen

make sharp

drag one’s feet

Frecuencia

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈwɛt/

From Middle English whetten, from Old English hwettan (“to whet, sharpen, incite, encourage”), from Proto-West Germanic *hwattjan, from Proto-Germanic *hwatjaną (“to incite, sharpen”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeh₁d- (“sharp”). Cognate with Dutch wetten (“to whet, sharpen”), German wetzen (“to whet, sharpen”), Icelandic hvetja (“to whet, encourage, catalyze”), dialectal Danish hvæde (“to whet”).