The meaning of Quenching

Quenching – definition

verb
Satisfy (one's thirst) by drinking.
Usage examples:
He no longer quenches his thirst by drinking sodas.
verb
Extinguish (a fire).
Usage examples:
Firemen hauled on hoses in a desperate bid to quench the flames
Synonims:
Extinguish Put out Snuff out Smother Douse Dampen down
verb
Rapidly cool (red-hot metal or other material), especially in cold water or oil.
Usage examples:
After being annealed, the work metal is quenched in water to free it from particles of the salt mix…

noun
An act of quenching a very hot substance.
Usage examples:
It should be noted, however, that this is not altogether advantageous, since the direction, as well…

verb
Present participle of quench
Usage examples:
When it's hot, it's best to quench your thirst with water., the flames were quenched by heavy rain.…

Quenching translation into English

Quenching: translate from English into Chinese

淬火

Quenching: translate from English into Dutch

Blussen, Verkoeling

Quenching: translate from English into French

Trempe, Assouvissement

Quenching: translate from English into German

Abschrecken, Abschreckung

Quenching: translate from English into Hindi

शमन, शांति, ठंडा करना

Quenching: translate from English into Italian

Estinguere

Quenching: translate from English into Korean

담금질

Quenching: translate from English into Russian

Тушение, Гашение, Закалка

Quenching: translate from English into Spanish

Temple, Enfriamiento, Extinción

Word origin

Old English -cwencan (in acwencan ‘put out, extinguish’), of Germanic origin.

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Quenching – similar words

quenched

verb
Satisfy (one's thirst) by drinking.
Usage examples:
He no longer quenches his thirst by drinking sodas.

noun
An act of quenching a very hot substance.
Usage examples:
It should be noted, however, that this is not altogether advantageous, since the direction, as well…

All meanings and translations of Quenched

quench

verb
Satisfy (one's thirst) by drinking.
Usage examples:
He no longer quenches his thirst by drinking sodas.

noun
An act of quenching a very hot substance.
Usage examples:
It should be noted, however, that this is not altogether advantageous, since the direction, as well…

All meanings and translations of Quench

Quenching synonims

douse

verb
Pour a liquid over; drench.
Usage examples:
He doused the car with petrol and set it on fire

verb
Wet thoroughly

verb
To throw water or another liquid on someone or something
Usage examples:
To get rid of weeds, i douse them with plain white vinegar., fig. the room was doused in light., ef…

All meanings and translations of Douse

extinguish

verb
Cause (a fire or light) to cease to burn or shine.
Usage examples:
Firemen were soaking everything to extinguish the blaze

verb
To stop a fire or light from burning
Usage examples:
It took the firefighters four hours to extinguish the flames.

verb
To take something away, for example a right to do something
Usage examples:
A deed restriction extinguishes the right to use or develop a property for certain things., with in…

All meanings and translations of Extinguish

smother

verb
Kill (someone) by covering their nose and mouth so that they suffocate.
Usage examples:
I dreamt a stranger was trying to kill me by smothering me with a pillow

noun
A mass of something that stifles or obscures.
Usage examples:
All this vanished in a smother of foam

verb
To prevent a person or animal from getting oxygen
Usage examples:
Several animals were smothered by smoke from the fire., the pasta was smothered with a creamy sauce…

All meanings and translations of Smother

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