All whet synonyms

verb whet

• sharpen — knife: make sharper
• hone — a whetstone of fine, compact texture for sharpening razors and other cutting tools.
• file — a powder made from the ground leaves of the sassafras tree, used as a thickener and to impart a pungent taste to soups, gumbos, and other dishes.
• grind — to wear, smooth, or sharpen by abrasion or friction; whet: to grind a lens.
• edge — a line or border at which a surface terminates: Grass grew along the edges of the road. The paper had deckle edges.
• finish — to bring (something) to an end or to completion; complete: to finish a novel; to finish breakfast.
• strop — any of several devices for sharpening razors, especially a strip of leather or other flexible material.
• stimulate — to rouse to action or effort, as by encouragement or pressure; spur on; incite: to stimulate his interest in mathematics.
• arouse — If something arouses a particular reaction or attitude in people, it causes them to have that reaction or attitude.
• augment — To augment something means to make it larger, stronger, or more effective by adding something to it.
• rouse — to bring out of a state of sleep, unconsciousness, inactivity, fancied security, apathy, depression, etc.: He was roused to action by courageous words.
• kindle — (of animals, especially rabbits) to bear (young); produce (offspring).
• increase — to make greater, as in number, size, strength, or quality; augment; add to: to increase taxes.
• awaken — To awaken a feeling in a person means to cause them to start having this feeling.
• excite — Cause strong feelings of enthusiasm and eagerness in (someone).
• incite — to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action: to incite a crowd to riot.
• pique — a fabric of cotton, spun rayon, or silk, woven lengthwise with raised cords.
• animate — Something that is animate has life, in contrast to things like stones and machines which do not.
• challenge — A challenge is something new and difficult which requires great effort and determination.
• enhance — Intensify, increase, or further improve the quality, value, or extent of.
• provoke — to anger, enrage, exasperate, or vex.
• quicken — to make more rapid; accelerate; hasten: She quickened her pace.
• rally — to ridicule in a good-natured way; banter.
• stir — to move one's hand or an implement continuously or repeatedly through (a liquid or other substance) in order to cool, mix, agitate, dissolve, etc., any or all of the component parts: to stir one's coffee with a spoon.
• wake — to become roused from sleep; awake; awaken; waken (often followed by up).
• waken — to rouse from sleep; wake; awake; awaken.