quenched
Use Quenched 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
Boiler slag is the molten bottom ash collected at the base of slag tap and cyclone type furnaces that is quenched with water.
Pillow lavas form at seafloor volcanoes when magma is rapidly quenched in cold water.
Still,it would seem that the exuberant nature of the festival will not be quenched.
Turbulent flames have been reported to be quenched when turbulence levels become sufficiently high.
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