quench
part of speech
verb (quench, quenches, quenched, quenching)
meaning for a pupil
1) To quench your thirst is to drink so you are no longer thirsty. tree →
2) To quench a fire is to put it out with water. tree →
3) (science) To quench hot metal is to cool it quickly in water or oil to make it hard. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In these texts it often means to put out a fire. It is also used for satisfying thirst, as with the animals at the streams. Interpretation: A fire that "shall not be quenched" is a picture of God's judgment that cannot be stopped. The tradition also reads the fire of love or of the altar as something that must not go out. In the primary lessons: In everyday life: water quenches thirst better than sugary drinks. In stories fires are quenched. In science and metalwork, blacksmiths quench hot iron. Phrase: «quench your thirst».
examples
- They give drink to every beast of the field, the wild asses quench their thirst. (Writings PSA.104.11, JPS 1917) tree →
- And all flesh shall see that I the LORD have kindled it; it shall not be quenched.' (Prophets EZK.21.4, JPS 1917) tree →
- And the strong shall be as tow, and his work as a spark; and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them. (Prophets ISA.1.31, JPS 1917) tree →
- A glass of water quenched my thirst. tree →
- Nothing quenches thirst like cold water. tree →
- Firefighters quenched the flames. tree →
- The blacksmith quenched the red-hot sword in water. tree →
- Sugary drinks don't really quench your thirst. tree →
- The rain quenched the dry earth. tree →
- After football, we quenched our thirst with juice. tree →
- The fire was quickly quenched. tree →
- "A single bucket of water will not quench my thirst; give me more!" tree →
note
Regular verb: quenched, quenches. Mostly used with «thirst» and «fire».
In the corpora
- And all flesh shall see that I the LORD have kindled it; it shall not be quenched.'
- They give drink to every beast of the field, the wild asses quench their thirst.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «quench» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.