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Indulge not thyself in the passion of anger; it is whetting a sword to wound thine own breast, or murder thy friend.
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Meaning of "whetting" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF WHETTING

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WHETTING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Whetting is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb whetting in English.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO WHETTING

PRESENT

Present
I whet
you whet
he/she/it whets
we whet
you whet
they whet
Present continuous
I am whetting
you are whetting
he/she/it is whetting
we are whetting
you are whetting
they are whetting
Present perfect
I have whetted
you have whetted
he/she/it has whetted
we have whetted
you have whetted
they have whetted
Present perfect continuous
I have been whetting
you have been whetting
he/she/it has been whetting
we have been whetting
you have been whetting
they have been whetting
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I whetted
you whetted
he/she/it whetted
we whetted
you whetted
they whetted
Past continuous
I was whetting
you were whetting
he/she/it was whetting
we were whetting
you were whetting
they were whetting
Past perfect
I had whetted
you had whetted
he/she/it had whetted
we had whetted
you had whetted
they had whetted
Past perfect continuous
I had been whetting
you had been whetting
he/she/it had been whetting
we had been whetting
you had been whetting
they had been whetting
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will whet
you will whet
he/she/it will whet
we will whet
you will whet
they will whet
Future continuous
I will be whetting
you will be whetting
he/she/it will be whetting
we will be whetting
you will be whetting
they will be whetting
Future perfect
I will have whetted
you will have whetted
he/she/it will have whetted
we will have whetted
you will have whetted
they will have whetted
Future perfect continuous
I will have been whetting
you will have been whetting
he/she/it will have been whetting
we will have been whetting
you will have been whetting
they will have been whetting
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would whetting
you would whetting
he/she/it would whetting
we would whetting
you would whetting
they would whetting
Conditional continuous
I would be whetting
you would be whetting
he/she/it would be whetting
we would be whetting
you would be whetting
they would be whetting
Conditional perfect
I would have whetting
you would have whetting
he/she/it would have whetting
we would have whetting
you would have whetting
they would have whetting
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been whetting
you would have been whetting
he/she/it would have been whetting
we would have been whetting
you would have been whetting
they would have been whetting
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you whet
we let´s whet
you whet
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to whet
Past participle
whetted
Present Participle
whetting
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WHETTING

wherret
wherries
wherrit
wherry
wherryman
whet
whether
whether or no
whetstone
whetted
whetter
whew
whewellite
whey
wheyey
wheyface
wheyfaced
wheyish
wheyishness
wheylike

WORDS THAT END LIKE WHETTING

accounting
admitting
batting
betting
chatting
committing
cutting
emitting
fitting
formatting
knitting
letting
permitting
plotting
putting
setting
sitting
splitting
spotting
submitting
transmitting

Synonyms and antonyms of whetting in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «WHETTING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «whetting» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of whetting

Translation of «whetting» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WHETTING

Find out the translation of whetting to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of whetting from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «whetting» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

whetting
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

whetting
570 millions of speakers

English

whetting
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

whetting
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

شحذ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

точить
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

whetting
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নিকষ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

aiguisage
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Menggigit
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Schleiferei
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

whetting
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

whetting
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Whetting
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Khai
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

whetting
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Whetting
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

whetting
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

whetting
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ostrzenie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

точити
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

whetting
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

whetting
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

slyp
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

whetting
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

whetting
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of whetting

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WHETTING»

The term «whetting» is regularly used and occupies the 93.855 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WHETTING» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «whetting» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «whetting» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about whetting

EXAMPLES

QUOTES WITH «WHETTING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word whetting.
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Akhenaton
Indulge not thyself in the passion of anger; it is whetting a sword to wound thine own breast, or murder thy friend.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WHETTING»

Discover the use of whetting in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to whetting and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Creative Bird Carving
... bevel use a diamond or knife shaped India oilstone. B grindig and whetting the outside bevel, a sharp edge is being produced where the two sides of the bevel meet, and a small pro. truding point a pears at the appex of the V. To prevent ...
William I. Tawes, 2001
2
Popular Mechanics
A Whetting Block A handy tool gauge for sharpening the various tools about the household is made of a block of wood with the sides of one end cut sloping in different degrees so that each will serve to secure the proper slant of the cutting ...
3
Whetting Uncle Sam's Appetite for Lamb
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
National Wool Growers Association Of The, 2010
4
The Pruning Book
Whetting” with a handheld whetstone puts the final edge on a scythe blade. Slide the whetstone along the blade and perpendicular to the edge at the same time, that is, beginning with the base of the stone against the base of the blade and ...
Lee Reich, 2010
5
The Poetic Edda
There are clearly close affinities between the Whetting of Gudrun (Gudrunarhvot) and the Lay ofHamdir, which follows it. They open with the same scene: Gudrun urging her sons by Ionakr to set out to the court ofIormunrekk to avenge the ...
‎2014
6
Popular Science
GRIND SEVEL AT 25" TO 5O" LENGTH — H Of- SEVEL ABOUT TWICE THICKNESS OP BLADE ROUND CORNERS ~v ROUND ROUND CORNERS Of- FULL WIDTH SMOOTH I NO OP J ACK PLANE PLANE WHETTING ANCLE 30° T035 ...
7
The Irish penny magazine
The very best cast steel ought always and alone to be used in the manufacture of the blades of fine penknives ; and the forging, hardening atid tempering, grinding and whetting, are operations that require, severally, that nicety of management, ...
8
Sushi: Food for the Eye, the Body and the Soul
A sushi knife has to be kept sharp and it is a good routine to sharpen it at regular intervals using an appropriate whetting stone (toishi). It is inadvisable to use a sharpening steel or a sharpener with rotating wheels as it can be difficult to keep  ...
Ole G. Mouritsen, 2009
9
Whetting the Appetite:
Romance and erotica authors Lynn Townsend and Elizabeth L. Brooks have joined forces to assemble this collection of "flash-fiction" ultra-short stories generated in response to prompts offered by fans and friends and touching on dozens of ...
Elizabeth L. Brooks, Lynn Townsend, 2014
10
The Circle of the Mechanical Arts; Containing Practical ...
Another condition in whetting is, that the hand should not bear heavy 5 because it is evident, that the same stone must produce a more uniform edge if the steel he wore away by many, than by few strokes. It is also of essential importance that ...
Thomas Martin, 1815

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WHETTING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term whetting is used in the context of the following news items.
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Football: Will somebody stop those rolling Rovers?
HUNGER GAMES: Ryan Tinsley (left) and Angus Kilkolly have been whetting their appetite with goals. PHOTO/FILE. By Anendra Singh. IT SEEMS as if Napier ... «New Zealand Herald, Jul 15»
2
New food festival already whetting the taste buds
Organisers of Real Food Real Folk, the UK's first not-for-profit co-operative of Glasgow's most progressive chefs, have declared themselves "staggered" by the ... «Herald Scotland, Jun 15»
3
New Suffragette trailer is whetting our feminist appetite
New Suffragette trailer is whetting our feminist appetite. Jun 05, 2015. Claire Gillespie. by Claire Gillespie Following. When she's not writing, Claire Gillespie can ... «SheKnows.com, Jun 15»
4
Carlos Correa Is Whetting Our Appetites
Carlos Correa is sizzling in Spring Training this year. He's showing no trouble bouncing back from a season-ending injury after breaking his leg and ankle last ... «Climbing Tal's Hill, Mar 15»
5
Whetting Appetites: A Preview of Deviant Calvinism by Oliver Crisp
Whetting Appetites: A Preview of Deviant Calvinism by Oliver Crisp. About a week ago (late November, 2014) I announced a coming series of interactions with ... «Patheos, Dec 14»
6
Whetting appetites for state's bounty
Being a food producer in New York state is no easy feat. First, you need a quality product to sell (whether that is fine chocolates or heirloom tomatoes). Next ... «Albany Times Union, Dec 14»
7
Whetting appetites Out & About
And here we are, heading into November with some welcome wet weather and brisk breezes, a few literary giants, a classic musical and some dramas with a ... «Bay Area Reporter, Nov 14»
8
Whetting our appetites
Across the university students, faculty, and staff are discussing, researching, and learning about thousands of topics every day. But what if the tables were turned ... «Iowa Now, Sep 14»
9
'The Best of Sting' DVD Review: Whetting your appetite
Like so many of you, I'm a product of the so-called "Attitude Era". It's well documented how highly regarded Stone Cold Steve Austin is around these parts. «Cageside Seats, Sep 14»
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Burger King To Move Its Throne, Whetting Investors' Appetites (BKW)
Disclosure: The author has no positions in any stocks mentioned, and no plans to initiate any positions within the next 72 hours. (More...)The author wrote this ... «Seeking Alpha, Aug 14»

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