Quench (Verb)
Meaning 1
Satisfy (thirst); "The cold water quenched his thirst".
Classification
Verbs of eating and drinking.
Synonyms
Hypernyms
Meaning 2
Electronics: suppress (sparking) when the current is cut off in an inductive circuit, or suppress (an oscillation or discharge) in a component or device.
Classification
Verbs of political and social activities and events.
Hypernyms
Meaning 3
Cool (hot metal) by plunging into cold water or other liquid; "quench steel".
Classification
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
Hypernyms
Meaning 4
Suppress or crush completely; "squelch any sign of dissent"; "quench a rebellion".
Classification
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
Synonyms
Hypernyms
Meaning 5
Reduce the degree of (luminescence or phosphorescence) in (excited molecules or a material) by adding a suitable substance.
Classification
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
Hypernyms
Meaning 6
Put out, as of fires, flames, or lights; "Too big to be extinguished at once, the forest fires at best could be contained"; "quench the flames"; "snuff out the candles".
Classification
Verbs of raining, snowing, thawing, thundering.