quenching : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: quenching	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for quenching
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
quenching n the act of extinguishing; causing to stop burning; "the extinction of the lights" Synonym(s): extinction, extinguishing, quenching
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Quench \Quench\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Quenched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Quenching}.] [OE. quenchen, AS. cwencan in [be]cwencan, to extinguish utterly, causative of cwincan, [be]cwincan, to decrease, disappear; cf. AS. cw[c6]nan, [be]cw[c6]nan, to waste or dwindle away.] 1. To extinguish; to overwhelm; to make an end of; -- said of flame and fire, of things burning, and figuratively of sensations and emotions; as, to quench flame; to quench a candle; to quench thirst, love, hate, etc. Ere our blood shall quench that fire. --Shak. The supposition of the lady's death Will quench the wonder of her infamy. --Shak. 2. To cool suddenly, as heated steel, in tempering. Syn: To extinguish; still; stifle; allay; cool; check.