'Quenching' definitions:
Definition of 'quenching'
(from WordNet)
noun
The act of extinguishing; causing to stop burning; "the extinction of the lights" [syn: extinction, extinguishing, quenching]
Definition of 'Quenching'
From: GCIDE
- Quench \Quench\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Quenched; p. pr. & vb. n. Quenching.] [OE. quenchen, AS. cwencan in [=a]cwencan, to extinguish utterly, causative of cwincan, [=a]cwincan, to decrease, disappear; cf. AS. cw[imac]nan, [=a]cw[imac]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. [1913 Webster]
- Ere our blood shall quench that fire. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- The supposition of the lady's death Will quench the wonder of her infamy. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To cool suddenly, as heated steel, in tempering. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: To extinguish; still; stifle; allay; cool; check. [1913 Webster]