Meanings
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verb
cool by plunging into cold water or other liquid
The blacksmith quenches the steel in a tub of water.
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quenchedquenchesquenchingquenchless
Derived forms
dequenchnonquenchednonquenchingoutquenchprequenchquenchabilityquenchablequenchcoalquencherquenchlessquenchyrequench
Etymology
From Middle English quenchen, from Old English cwenċan, from Proto-Germanic *kwankijaną.
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