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quench
Overview of verb quench
The verb quench has 6 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) quench, slake, allay, assuage -- (satisfy (thirst); "The cold water quenched his thirst")
2. snuff out, blow out, extinguish, quench -- (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")
3. quench -- (electronics: suppress (sparking) when the current is cut off in an inductive circuit, or suppress (an oscillation or discharge) in a component or device)
4. squelch, quell, quench -- (suppress or crush completely; "squelch any sign of dissent"; "quench a rebellion")
5. quench -- (reduce the degree of (luminescence or phosphorescence) in (excited molecules or a material) by adding a suitable substance)
6. quench -- (cool (hot metal) by plunging into cold water or other liquid; "quench steel")
Grep of noun quench
quenched steel
quenching
Antonyms of verb quench
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb quench
6 senses of quench
Sense 1
quench, slake, allay, assuage
=> meet, satisfy, fill, fulfill, fulfil
=> provide, supply, ply, cater
=> give
=> transfer
Sense 2
snuff out, blow out, extinguish, quench
Sense 3
quench
=> restrain, suppress, keep, keep back, hold back
=> prevent, keep
Sense 4
squelch, quell, quench
=> suppress, stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curb
=> control, hold in, hold, contain, check, curb, moderate
=> restrain, suppress, keep, keep back, hold back
=> prevent, keep
Sense 5
quench
=> reduce, cut down, cut back, trim, trim down, trim back, cut, bring down
=> decrease, lessen, minify
=> change, alter, modify
Sense 6
quench
=> cool, chill, cool down
=> change, alter, modify
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb quench
1 of 6 senses of quench
Sense 2
snuff out, blow out, extinguish, quench
=> stub
=> douse, put out
=> black out
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb quench
6 senses of quench
Sense 1
quench, slake, allay, assuage
=> meet, satisfy, fill, fulfill, fulfil
Sense 2
snuff out, blow out, extinguish, quench
Sense 3
quench
=> restrain, suppress, keep, keep back, hold back
Sense 4
squelch, quell, quench
=> suppress, stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curb
Sense 5
quench
=> reduce, cut down, cut back, trim, trim down, trim back, cut, bring down
Sense 6
quench
=> cool, chill, cool down
'Cause To' of verb quench
Derived Forms of verb quench
1 of 6 senses of quench
Sense 2
snuff out, blow out, extinguish, quench
RELATED TO>(noun) quenching#1
=> extinction, extinguishing, quenching
Domain of verb quench
1 of 6 senses of quench
Sense 5
quench
TOPIC>(noun) physics#1, physical science#1, natural philosophy#1
Domain Terms of verb quench
Familiarity of verb quench
quench used as a verb is common (polysemy count =6)
Sample Sentences of verb quench
6 senses of quench
Sense 1
quench, slake, allay, assuage
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Sense 2
snuff out, blow out, extinguish, quench
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Sense 3
quench
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 4
squelch, quell, quench
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 5
quench
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 6
quench
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb quench
5 of 6 senses of quench
Sense 1
quench, slake, allay, assuage
> meet, satisfy, fill, fulfill, fulfil
=> answer
=> quell, stay, appease
=> feed on, feed upon
=> quench, slake, allay, assuage
Sense 3
quench
> restrain, suppress, keep, keep back, hold back
=> hold
=> confine
=> quench
=> bottle up, suppress
=> control, hold in, hold, contain, check, curb, moderate
Sense 4
squelch, quell, quench
> suppress, stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curb
=> wink, blink, blink away
=> stifle, dampen
=> choke off, choke down, choke back
=> hush, quieten, silence, still, shut up, hush up
=> burke
=> silence
=> squelch, quell, quench
=> smother, stifle, strangle, muffle, repress
Sense 5
quench
> reduce, cut down, cut back, trim, trim down, trim back, cut, bring down
=> shorten
=> quench
=> retrench
=> slash
=> thin out
=> thin
=> take away, detract
=> deflate
=> inflate
=> shave, knock off
Sense 6
quench
> cool, chill, cool down
=> quench
=> ice
=> refrigerate
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb quench
Sense 1
quench, slake, allay, assuage
=> meet, satisfy, fill, fulfill, fulfil
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Sense 2
snuff out, blow out, extinguish, quench
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Sense 3
quench
=> restrain, suppress, keep, keep back, hold back
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Sense 4
squelch, quell, quench
=> suppress, stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curb
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Sense 5
quench
=> reduce, cut down, cut back, trim, trim down, trim back, cut, bring down
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Sense 6
quench
=> cool, chill, cool down
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Grep of verb quench
quench
Grep of adj quench
quenched
quenchless
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