quench
to slake, satisfy, or allay (thirst, desires, passion, etc.).
to put out or extinguish (fire, flames, etc.).
to cool suddenly by plunging into a liquid, as in tempering steel by immersion in water.
to subdue or destroy; overcome; quell: to quench an uprising.
Electronics. to terminate (the flow of electrons in a vacuum tube) by application of a voltage.
Origin of quench
1Other words from quench
- quench·a·ble, adjective
- quench·a·ble·ness, noun
- quencher, noun
- un·quench·a·ble, adjective
- un·quenched, adjective
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How to use quench in a sentence
I even ventured to provide the distressed birds and animals with some means of quenching their insupportable thirst.
The Adventures of Louis de Rougemont | Louis de RougemontIron will also become magnetical by ignition and quenching it in water in the position of the dipping-needle.
Roth has his City Militia companies, organized with water-hose for quenching of the red-hot balls: in which they became expert.
History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XII. (of XXI.) | Thomas CarlyleI drank it in large quantities, for it was hot, and only moistened my palate without quenching the craving of my appetite.
The Hunters' Feast | Mayne ReidThese recognitions may not be express; but they are sufficiently real to hold back the hand from quenching life.
How to Observe | Harriet Martineau
British Dictionary definitions for quench
/ (kwɛntʃ) /
to satisfy (one's thirst, desires, etc); slake
to put out (a fire, flame, etc); extinguish
to put down or quell; suppress: to quench a rebellion
to cool (hot metal) by plunging it into cold water
physics to reduce the degree of (luminescence or phosphorescence) in (excited molecules or a material) by adding a suitable substance
electronics
to suppress (sparking) when the current is cut off in an inductive circuit
to suppress (an oscillation or discharge) in a component or device
Origin of quench
1Derived forms of quench
- quenchable, adjective
- quencher, noun
- quenchless, adjective
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