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{
"term": "quench",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "quench",
"heSheIt": "quenches"
},
"pastSimple": "quenched",
"pastParticiple": "quenched",
"ingForm": "quenching"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to drink so that you no longer feel thirsty",
"sensetop": "quench your thirst",
"cefr": "c2",
"examples": [],
"topics": ["Feelings", "Drinks"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to stop a fire from burning",
"sensetop": "quench something",
"labels": "(formal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Firemen tried to quench the flames raging through the building."
}
],
"synonyms": "extinguish"
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/kwentʃ/",
"audio": "qu/quench/quench__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈkwentʃɪz/",
"audio": "qu/quench/quenches__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/kwentʃt/",
"audio": "qu/quench/quenched__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈkwentʃɪŋ/",
"audio": "qu/quench/quenching__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/kwentʃ/",
"audio": "qu/quench/quench__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈkwentʃɪz/",
"audio": "qu/quench/quenches__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/kwentʃt/",
"audio": "qu/quench/quenched__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈkwentʃɪŋ/",
"audio": "qu/quench/quenching__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Old English -cwencan (in acwencan ‘put out, extinguish’), of Germanic origin."
}