quench
verb /kwentʃ/
/kwentʃ/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they quench | /kwentʃ/ /kwentʃ/ |
| he / she / it quenches | /ˈkwentʃɪz/ /ˈkwentʃɪz/ |
| past simple quenched | /kwentʃt/ /kwentʃt/ |
| past participle quenched | /kwentʃt/ /kwentʃt/ |
| -ing form quenching | /ˈkwentʃɪŋ/ /ˈkwentʃɪŋ/ |
- quench your thirst to drink so that you no longer feel thirsty synonym slakeTopics Feelingsc2, Drinksc2
- quench something (formal) to stop a fire from burning synonym extinguish
- Firemen tried to quench the flames raging through the building.
Word OriginOld English -cwencan (in acwencan ‘put out, extinguish’), of Germanic origin.