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
He had drunk at a new fountain—love, and, although his thirst was still unquenched, he was eternal youth.
The Black Pearl | Mrs. Wilson WoodrowBut deep in the man's heart a spark of the divine fire still burned, unquenched by duty, love, or time.
Silver Pitchers: and Independence | Louisa May AlcottThat unquenched thirst for Him underlies all human life, as the solemn stillness of the ocean underlies the restless upper waves.
Preaching and Paganism | Albert Parker FitchSeward lived full eleven years after that, seemingly dragging with unquenched spirit that slashed and broken form.
Little Journeys To the Homes of the Great, Volume 3 (of 14) | Elbert HubbardThere lives on in their breasts a remainder coal of ambition still unquenched.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 18 (of 25) | Robert Louis Stevenson
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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