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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024quench /kwɛntʃ/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object]- to satisfy;
appease:had a drink to quench my thirst. - to put out;
extinguish (fire, flames, etc.). - Metallurgyto cool suddenly by plunging into a liquid, as in tempering steel by immersion in water.
quench•er, n. [countable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024quench (kwench),USA pronunciation v.t. - to slake, satisfy, or allay (thirst, desires, passion, etc.).
- to put out or extinguish (fire, flames, etc.).
- Metallurgyto 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. - Electronicsto terminate (the flow of electrons in a vacuum tube) by application of a voltage.
- 1150–1200; Middle English quenchen, earlier cwenken; compare Old English -cwencan in ācwencan to quench (compare a-3)
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: quench /kwɛntʃ/ vb (transitive)- to satisfy (one's thirst, desires, etc); slake
- to put out (a fire, flame, etc); extinguish
- to put down or quell; suppress
- to cool (hot metal) by plunging it into cold water
Etymology: Old English ācwencan to extinguish; related to Old Frisian quinka to vanishˈquenchable adj ˈquencher n |