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quench

/kwɛnʧ/

quenchnoun

quenches

/kwɛntʃ/

Translations

trempeMétallurgie.

After forging the axe head, the blacksmith gave it a quick quench in oil.

Après avoir forgé la tête de hache, le forgeron lui a fait subir une trempe rapide dans l’huile.

Additional translations

quenchPhysique des supraconducteurs; anglicisme technique courant.

Definitions

The process of rapidly cooling heated metal, glass, or other material by immersion in a liquid, usually water or oil, in order to harden or set its structure.

After forging the axe head, the blacksmith gave it a quick quench in oil.

A sudden loss of superconductivity in a superconducting magnet or circuit, causing it to become resistive and heat up.

The experiment had to be halted when a quench occurred in one of the accelerator's main magnets.

Synonyms

quenchverb

quenched

Past Simple

quenched

Past Participle

quenching

ing-form

/kwɛnʧ/

Translations

tremperTechnique de métallurgie.

The blacksmith quenched the heated iron in oil to harden it.

Le forgeron a trempé le fer chauffé dans l’huile pour le durcir.

éteindre

Firefighters worked tirelessly to quench the flames.

Les pompiers ont travaillé sans relâche pour éteindre les flammes.

étancher

He quenched his thirst with a glass of cold water.

Il a étanché sa soif avec un verre d’eau froide.

apaiser

She tried to quench her anger before speaking.

Elle a essayé d’apaiser sa colère avant de parler.

Definitions

To satisfy (thirst) by drinking.

He quenched his thirst with a glass of cold water.

To extinguish (a fire).

Firefighters worked tirelessly to quench the flames.

To suppress or put an end to (a feeling or emotion).

She tried to quench her anger before speaking.

To cool (hot metal) by plunging into water or oil.

The blacksmith quenched the heated iron in oil to harden it.

Synonyms

put out