Quench
Word | QUENCH |
Character | 6 |
Hyphenation | quench |
Pronunciations | /kwɛnt͡ʃ/ |
Definitions and meanings of "Quench"
What do we mean by quench?
To put out (a fire, for example); extinguish. transitive verb
To suppress; squelch. transitive verb
To slake; satisfy. transitive verb
To cool (hot metal) by thrusting into water or other liquid. transitive verb
A pit or cavity in which water can be thrown upon hot coke just manufactured in an oven, so as to cool it and leach out the soluble sulphur elements. noun
To produce a series of crusts on (molten metal), each being taken off as soon as it is formed.
The act of quenching or extinguishing; also, the state of being extinguished. noun
To extinguish or put out, as fire.
To extinguish or allay; stop; put an end to, as thirst.
To relieve the thirst of.
To suppress; stifle; check; repress; destroy: as, to quench a passion or emotion.
To lay or place in water, as a heated iron. See temper.
To be extinguished; go out.
To lose zeal; cool; become cool.
To become extinguished; to go out; to become calm or cool. intransitive verb
To extinguish; to overwhelm; to make an end of; -- said of flame and fire, of things burning, and figuratively of sensations and emotions transitive verb
To cool suddenly, as heated steel, in tempering. transitive verb
To satisfy, especially an actual or figurative thirst. verb
To extinguish or put out (as a fire or light.) verb
To cool rapidly by dipping into a bath of coolant, as a blacksmith quenching hot iron. verb
The abnormal termination of operation of a superconducting magnet, occurring when part of the superconducting coil enters the normal (resistive) state.
A rapid change of the parameters of a physical system.
Synonyms and Antonyms for Quench
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