[kwench] 
| 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. |
| quench (kwěnch) tr.v. quenched, quench·ing, quench·es
[Middle English quenchen, from Old English -cwencan (in ācwencan, to quench).] quench'a·ble adj., quench'er n., quench'less adj. |
