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quenched |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Quench \Quench\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Quenched}; p. pr & vb n. {Quenching}.] [OE. quenchen, AS cwencan in [=a]cwencan, to extinguish utterly, causative of cwincan [=a]cwincan, to decrease, disappear; cf AS cw[=i]nan, [=a]cw[=i]nan, 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: quenched adj 1: allayed; "his thirst quenched he was able to continue" [syn: {satisfied}, {slaked}] 2: subdued or overcome; "the quelled rebellion"; "an uprising quenched almost before it started"; "a squelched rumor" [syn: {quelled}, {squelched}] 3: of a fire; being out or having grown cold; "threw his extinct cigarette into the stream"; "faint smoke from the extinguished candle"; "the fire is out"; "the quenched flames" [syn: {extinct}, {extinguished}, {out(p)}]
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