quench
Use Quench in a sentence
verb (used with object)
1.
to slake, satisfy, or allay (thirst, desires, passion, etc.).
2.
to put out or extinguish (fire, flames, etc.).
3.
to cool suddenly by plunging into a liquid, as in tempering steel by immersion in water.
4.
to subdue or destroy; overcome; quell: to quench an uprising.
5.
Electronics. to terminate (the flow of electrons in a vacuum tube) by application of a voltage.
Origin:
1150–1200; Middle English quenchen, earlier cwenken; compare Old English -cwencan in ācwencan to quench (cf. a-3)
1150–1200; Middle English quenchen, earlier cwenken; compare Old English -cwencan in ācwencan to quench (cf. a-3)
Related forms
quench·a·ble, adjective
quench·a·ble·ness, noun
quench·er, noun
un·quench·a·ble, adjective
un·quenched, adjective
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| —vb | |
| 1. | to satisfy (one's thirst, desires, etc); slake |
| 2. | to put out (a fire, flame, etc); extinguish |
| 3. | to put down or quell; suppress: to quench a rebellion |
| 4. | to cool (hot metal) by plunging it into cold water |
| 5. | physics to reduce the degree of (luminescence or phosphorescence) in (excited molecules or a material) by adding a suitable substance |
| 6. | electronics |
| a. to suppress (sparking) when the current is cut off in an inductive circuit | |
| b. to suppress (an oscillation or discharge) in a component or device | |
| [Old English ācwencan to extinguish; related to Old Frisian quinka to vanish] | |
| 'quenchable | |
| —adj | |
| 'quencher | |
| —n | |
| 'quenchless | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
quench
O.E. acwencan "to quench" (of fire, light), from P.Gmc. *cwandjan, probably a causative form of root of O.E. cwincan "to go out, be extinguished," O.Fris. kwinka.
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Example sentences
The rodents are drawn by the warm engine, and perhaps want to quench their thirst on windshield wiper fluid.
But the ten boatloads of water are costly and will quench the city's thirst for only a few months.
Nor will it do much to quench their thirst for revenge.
Nor has it done much to quench their thirst for revenge.
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