quench
(verb) cool (hot metal) by plunging into cold water or other liquid; “quench steel”
quench
(verb) reduce the degree of (luminescence or phosphorescence) in (excited molecules or a material) by adding a suitable substance
squelch, quell, quench
(verb) suppress or crush completely; “squelch any sign of dissent”; “quench a rebellion”
quench, slake, allay, assuage
(verb) satisfy (thirst); “The cold water quenched his thirst”
quench
(verb) electronics: suppress (sparking) when the current is cut off in an inductive circuit, or suppress (an oscillation or discharge) in a component or device
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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.
Synonyms: appease, slake
(transitive) To extinguish or put out (as a fire or light).
(transitive, metallurgy) To cool rapidly by dipping into a bath of coolant, as a blacksmith quenching hot iron.
(transitive, chemistry) To terminate or greatly diminish (a chemical reaction) by destroying or deforming the remaining reagents.
(transitive, physics) To rapidly change the parameters of a physical system.
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.
(physics) A rapid change of the parameters of a physical system.
Source: Wiktionary
Quench, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Quenched; p. pr. & vb. n. Quenching.] Etym: [OE. quenchen, AS. cwencan in acwencan, to extinguish utterly, causative of cwincan, acwincan, to decrease, disappear; cf. AS. cwinan, acwinan, 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. Shak. The supposition of the lady's death Will quench the wonder of her infamy. Shak.
2. To cool suddenly, as heated steel, in tempering.
Syn.
– To extinguish; still; stifle; allay; cool; check.
Quench, v. i.
Definition: To become extinguished; to go out; to become calm or cool. [R.] Dost thou think in time She will not quench! Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 June 2025
(noun) members of a family line; “his people have been farmers for generations”; “are your people still alive?”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
