Meaning

3 senses
  1. The act of quenching something; the fact of being quenched.

  2. The abnormal termination of operation of a superconducting magnet, occurring when part of the superconducting coil enters the normal (resistive) state.

  3. A rapid change of the parameters of a physical system.

Examples

48 sentences
  1. This will quench your thirst.

    Це втамує твою спрагу. — El_lena

    ruЭто утолит вашу жажду. — odexed

  2. I had a glass of beer to quench my thirst.

    ruЯ выпил кружку пива, чтобы утолить жажду. — odexed

    deIch hatte ein Glas Bier, um meinen Durst zu stillen. — MUIRIEL

  3. The milk is quenching my thirst.

    deDie Milch stillt meinen Durst. — Schmutti

  4. The giraffes have quenched their thirst.

    deDie Giraffen haben ihren Durst gestillt. — megamanenm

  5. Distant water won't quench your immediate thirst.

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Origin

From Middle English quenchen, from Old English cwenċan, from Proto-Germanic *kwankijaną.

From Middle English quenchen, from Old English cwenċan, from Proto-Germanic *kwankijaną.

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Forms

plural: quenches
Singularquench
Pluralquenches

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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