English

Pronunciation
IPA|/kw�n�/
SAMPA|/kwEnS/

Verb
en-verb|quench|es

1. To satisfy, especially an actual or figurative thirst.

#:The library quenched her thirst for knowledge.

1. 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

1. 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.

Translations
trans-top|satisfy thirst
Finnish: sammuttaa
French: apaiser, étancher
German: stillen
Portuguese: saciar, matar a sede
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trans-top|extinguish a flame
Finnish: sammuttaa
Portuguese: apagar
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trans-top|cool rapidly by immersion
Finnish: karkaista
Portuguese: resfriar
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fr:quench
io:quench
ku:quench
hu:quench
pl:quench
ru:quench
ta:quench
te:quench
vi:quench
zh:quench

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