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Word entry · 6 letters

quench

Best crossword clue

"Satisfy, as thirst"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /kwɛnt͡ʃ/Part of speech verbSorted cehnquStarts with QEnds with H2 cluesCommon crossword word
1Q2U3E4N5C6H

Definitions

  1. cool (hot metal) by plunging into cold water or other liquid

Word origin

From Middle English quenchen, from Old English cwenċan, from Proto-Germanic *kwankijaną.

Used in a sentence

  • The library quenched her thirst for knowledge.
  • The wearie Traueiler, wandring that way, / Therein did often quench his thriſty heat, / And then by it his wearie limbes diſplay, / Whiles creeping ſlomber made him to forget[…]
  • I began also to feel very hungry, as not having eaten for twenty-four hours; and worse than that, there was a parching thirst and dryness in my throat, and nothing with which to quench it.

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Satisfy, as thirst6 letters
02Satisfy thirst6 letters

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