quench
/kwɛnt͡ʃ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.89 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To cool rapidly by direct contact with liquid coolant, as a blacksmith quenching hot iron.
Transitive verb
verb
To terminate or greatly diminish (a chemical reaction) by destroying or deforming the remaining reagents.
Transitive verb
verb
To rapidly terminate the operation of a superconducting electromagnet by causing part or all of the magnet's windings to enter the normal, resistive state.
Transitive verb
noun
The abnormal termination of operation of a superconducting magnet, occurring when part of the superconducting coil enters the normal (resistive) state.
Example Sentences
- "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[…]"
- "I 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."
- "[…] 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.”"
- "The swordsmith quenched the sword in an oil bath so that it wouldn't shatter."
Etymology
From Middle English quenchen, from Old English cwenċan, from Proto-Germanic *kwankijaną.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: quenchen, cwenċan, *kwankijaną