Synonymer

Uttal

  • Okänd accent:
    • IPA: /kwɛnt͡ʃ/
    • IPA: /kwɛnʧ/
Översättning
Verb
1.gidermek
2.söndürmek
3.soğutmak

Definitioner

Verb

  1. (transitive) To satisfy, especially an actual or figurative thirst.
  2. (transitive) To extinguish or put out (as a fire or light.)
  3. (transitive) To cool rapidly by dipping into a bath of coolant, as a blacksmith quenching hot iron.

Substantiv

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

Exempel

  • The library quenched her thirst for knowledge.
  • 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.
  • Then the MacManus went down. The sudden quench of the white light was how I knew it. -- Saul Bellow
  • The swordsmith quenched the sword in an oil bath so that it wouldn't shatter.

Böjningsformer

PerfektparticipquenchedPerfektparticipquencht
ImperfektquenchedImperfektquencht
PresensparticipquenchingPluralquenches
Tredje person singular indicativ presensquenchesTredje person singular indicativ presensquencheth

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