quench
Collocations
5ADJ.
distant, divine, enough, fat, immediate, managed, many, sudden
VERB + QUENCH
can't, cannot, drank, drink, going, help, isn't, strive
QUENCH + NOUN
appetite, thirst, thri, ty
PREP.
down, with, with
ADV.
often
Definitions
verb
To satisfy, especially a literal or figurative thirst.
The library quenched her thirst for knowledge.
The wearie Traueiler, wandring that way, / Therein did often quench his thriſty heat, / And then by it his wearie limbes diſplay, / Whiles creeping ſlomber made him to forget[…]
To extinguish or put out (as a fire or light).
[…] others ſaying, the fire would ceaſe as ſoon as it had vent, uncovered a great part of the houſe, breaking down the roofs, and destroying all that ſtood in their way. None of them went about to quench the fire, but all were employed in pulling down the houſe, […]
“From here you will see which one of us two stands up...when the fiery vomit is quenched.”
To cool rapidly by direct contact with liquid coolant, as a blacksmith quenching hot iron.
The swordsmith quenched the sword in an oil bath so that it wouldn't shatter.
To terminate or greatly diminish (a chemical reaction) by destroying or deforming the remaining reagents.
To rapidly change the parameters of a physical system.
A suitable method to prepare a system out of equilibrium in order to study the ensuing dynamics is to quench the system, i.e., to change its parameters abruptly.
noun
The act of quenching something; the fact of being quenched.
Then the MacManus [i.e. a ship] went down. The sudden quench of the white light was how I knew it.
The abnormal termination of operation of a superconducting magnet, occurring when part of the superconducting coil enters the normal (resistive) state.
There are two main types of quenches, and both are triggered by the red button. A customer of ours actually pushed his once, out of curiosity. And no, he was not 7 years old. This button is primarily for safety purposes. In some rare cases, clear signage is ignored and metal objects like mop buckets, oxygen tanks, etc. get sucked into the bore of the MRI. These are very difficult to remove while the magnet is at field. And, if a patient is somehow pinned inside, an emergency push of the quench button can be a lifesaver. The button artificially heats the magnet and starts the chain reaction described above.
A rapid change of the parameters of a physical system.
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6The library quenched her thirst for knowledge.
WiktionaryThe wearie Traueiler, wandring that way, / Therein did often quench his thriſty heat, / And then by it his wearie limbes diſplay, / Whiles creeping ſlomber made him to forget[…]
WiktionaryI began also to feel very hungry, as not having eaten for twenty-four hours; and worse than that, there was a parching thirst and dryness in my throat, and nothing with which to quench it.
WiktionaryThen the MacManus [i.e. a ship] went down. The sudden quench of the white light was how I knew it.
WiktionaryThere are two main types of quenches, and both are triggered by the red button. A customer of ours actually pushed his once, out of curiosity. And no, he was not 7 years old. This button is primarily
WiktionaryI had a glass of beer to quench my thirst.
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