quench
/kwentʃ/verb
उच्चारण क्वेन्च
(प्यास) बुझाना
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verb
- 1
[T] ~ your thirst
to drink so that you no longer feel thirsty
(प्यास) बुझाना
- Water from the well quenched our thirst.
- Nothing quenches thirst better than coconut water on a hot day.
- A glass of cold lemon water will quench your thirst on a summer afternoon.
+ 2 more examples
- The travellers stopped at the stream to quench their thirst.
- Nothing could quench his thirst after the long run.
- 2
[T] ~ sth formal
to stop a fire from burning
(आग) बुझाना
- Firefighters quenched the flames.
- Villagers used buckets of sand to quench the fire.
- It took the fire brigade two hours to quench the blaze in the market.
+ 2 more examples
- Heavy rain helped to quench the forest fire.
- He used a wet blanket to quench the small flames in the kitchen.
Synonyms extinguish put out douse smother snuff out
≈Synonyms and antonyms
?Which word?
Keep the satisfy words together: quench (thirst), slake (thirst, literary), satisfy (hunger or need), sate and satiate (satisfy fully).
तृप्ति के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: quench (प्यास), slake (प्यास, साहित्यिक), satisfy (भूख या ज़रूरत), sate और satiate (पूरी तरह तृप्त करना)।
“Collocations, idioms and sayings
Quench your thirst, quench a fire, quench sb's enthusiasm (destroy it).
Collocations: quench your thirst, quench a fire, quench sb's enthusiasm (नष्ट करना)।