Quench

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kwÉ›nt͡ʃ/
• Rhymes: -É›ntʃ

Origin

From Old English acwenċan.

Full definition of quench

Verb

1. (transitive) To satisfy, especially an actual or figurative thirst.The library quenched her thirst for knowledge.
• 1898, J. Meade Falkner, Moonfleet Chapter 4I 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.
2. (transitive) To extinguish or put out (as a fire or light.)Then the MacManus went down. The sudden quench of the white light was how I knew it. -- Saul Bellow
3. (transitive) To cool rapidly by dipping into a bath of coolant, as a blacksmith quenching hot iron.The swordsmith quenched the sword in an oil bath so that it wouldn't shatter.

Noun

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