quench

Use quench in a sentence

A boy quenches his thirst on a warm day.

verb

Quench is defined as to satisfy or to extinguish.

An example of to quench is to have a cold drink when thirsty.
An example of to quench is to put out a fire.

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quench

to extinguish; put out: to quench fire with water
to overcome; subdue; suppress
to satisfy; slake: to quench one's thirst
to cool (hot steel, etc.) suddenly by plunging into water, oil, or the like

Origin of quench

Middle English quenchen from Old English cwencan, to extinguish, causative of cwincan, to go out, akin to Frisian kwinka, Middle High German verquinen, to pass away from Indo-European base an unverified form gwey-, to complain, weep

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quench

transitive verb

quenched, quench·ing, quench·es

To put out (a fire, for example); extinguish.
To suppress; squelch: The disapproval of my colleagues quenched my enthusiasm for the plan.
To slake; satisfy: Mineral water quenched our thirst.
To cool (hot metal) by thrusting into water or other liquid.

Origin of quench

Middle English quenchen from Old English -cwencan ( in ācwencan to quench )

Related Forms:

quench′a·ble
adjective

quench′er
noun

quench′less
adjective

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Verb

(third-person singular simple present quenches, present participle quenching, simple past and past participle quenched)

To satisfy, especially an actual or figurative thirst.
The library quenched her thirst for knowledge.
To extinguish or put out (as a fire or light.)
Then the MacManus went down. The sudden quench of the white light was how I knew it. -- Saul Bellow
To cool rapidly by dipping into a bath of coolant, as a blacksmith quenching hot iron.
The swordsmith quenched the sword in an oil bath so that it wouldn't shatter.

Noun

(plural quenches)

(physics) The abnormal termination of operation of a superconducting magnet, occurring when part of the superconducting coil enters the normal (resistive) state.

Origin

From Old English acwenÄ‹an.

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