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Webster 1913 Edition
Quench
Quench
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Quenched
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Quenching
.] [OE.
quenchen
, AS. cwencan
in ācwencan
, to extinguish utterly, causative of cwincan
, ācwincan
, to decrease, disappear; cf. AS. cwīnan
, ācwīnan
, to waste or dwindle away.] 1.
To extinguish; to overwhelm; to make an end of; – said of flame and fire, of things burning, and figuratively of sensations and emotions;
as, to
quench
flame; to quench
a candle; to quench
thirst, love, hate, etc.Ere our blood shall
quench
that fire. Shakespeare
The supposition of the lady’s death
Will
Will
quench
the wonder of her infamy. Shakespeare
2.
To cool suddenly, as heated steel, in tempering.
Syn. – To extinguish; still; stifle; allay; cool; check.
Quench
,Verb.
I.
To become extinguished; to go out; to become calm or cool.
[R.]
Dost thou think in time
She will not
She will not
quench
! Shakespeare
Webster 1828 Edition
Quench
QUENCH
, v.t.1.
To extinguish; to put out; as, to quench flame.2.
To still; to quiet; to repress; as, to quench a passion or emotion.3.
To allay or extinguish; as, to quench thirst.4.
To destroy.5.
To check; to stifle; as, to quench the Spirit. 1Thess. 5.
QUENCH
,Verb.
I.
Dost thou think, in time she will not quench? [Not in use.]
Definition 2024
quench
quench
English
Verb
quench (third-person singular simple present quenches, present participle quenching, simple past and past participle quenched)
- (transitive) To satisfy, especially an actual or figurative thirst.
- The library quenched her thirst for knowledge.
- 1898, J. Meade Falkner, Moonfleet Chapter 4
- I began also to feel very hungry, as not having eaten for twenty-four hours; and worse than that, there was a parching thirst and dryness in my throat, and nothing with which to quench it.
- (transitive) To extinguish or put out (as a fire or light.)
- Then the MacManus went down. The sudden quench of the white light was how I knew it. — Saul Bellow
- (transitive) To cool rapidly by dipping into a bath of coolant, as a blacksmith quenching hot iron.
- The swordsmith quenched the sword in an oil bath so that it wouldn't shatter.
Synonyms
Translations
satisfy a thirst
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extinguish a flame
cool rapidly by immersion
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Noun
quench (plural quenches)
- (physics) The abnormal termination of operation of a superconducting magnet, occurring when part of the superconducting coil enters the normal (resistive) state.