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adjective

Definition of whettednext
as in sharpened
having an edge thin enough to cut or pierce something I'll need a well-whetted axe to split the wood

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whetted

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verb

past tense of whet
as in ground
to make sharp or sharper whetted the knife with the grindstone

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“Whetted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whetted. Accessed 7 Feb. 2023.

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