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# quench

«quench» in Mova's school dictionary: **to drink so you are no longer thirsty** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (quench, quenches, quenched, quenching)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To quench your thirst is to drink so you are no longer thirsty. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quench/#m1)

2) To quench a fire is to put it out with water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quench/#m2)

3) (science) To quench hot metal is to cool it quickly in water or oil to make it hard. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quench/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life: water quenches thirst better than sugary drinks. In stories fires are quenched. In science and metalwork, blacksmiths quench hot iron. Phrase: «quench your thirst».

### examples

- A glass of water quenched my thirst. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quench/#x1)
- Nothing quenches thirst like cold water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quench/#x2)
- Firefighters quenched the flames. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quench/#x3)
- The blacksmith quenched the red-hot sword in water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quench/#x4)
- Sugary drinks don't really quench your thirst. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quench/#x5)
- The rain quenched the dry earth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quench/#x6)
- After football, we quenched our thirst with juice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quench/#x7)
- The fire was quickly quenched. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quench/#x8)
- "A single bucket of water will not quench my thirst; give me more!" [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quench/#x9)

### note

Regular verb: quenched, quenches. Mostly used with «thirst» and «fire».

### In the corpora

- [And all flesh shall see that I the LORD have kindled it; it shall not be quenched.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/EZK.504/)
- [They give drink to every beast of the field, the wild asses quench their thirst.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1834/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «quench» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Q/quench/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.