quench
— Verb
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~ put out, as of fires, flames, or lights; "Too big to be extinguished at once, the forest fires at best could be contained"; "quench the flames"; "snuff out the candles"
quench
— Verb
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~ suppress or crush completely; "squelch any sign of dissent"; "quench a rebellion"
quench
— Verb
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~ satisfy (thirst); "The cold water quenched his thirst"
quench
— Verb
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~ reduce the degree of (luminescence or phosphorescence) in (excited molecules or a material) by adding a suitable substance
quenched
— Adjective
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~ allayed; "his thirst quenched he was able to continue"
quenched
— Adjective
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~ subdued or overcome; "the quelled rebellion"; "an uprising quenched almost before it started"; "a squelched rumor"
quenching
— Noun
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~ the act of extinguishing; causing to stop burning; "the extinction of the lights"
quenchless
— Adjective
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~ impossible to quench; "unquenchable thirst"
quercitron
— Noun
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~ medium to large deciduous timber tree of the eastern United States and southeastern Canada having dark outer bark and yellow inner bark used for tanning; broad five-lobed leaves are bristle-tipped
quercitron
— Noun
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~ a yellow dye made from the bark of the quercitron oak tree
quercitron oak
— Noun
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~ medium to large deciduous timber tree of the eastern United States and southeastern Canada having dark outer bark and yellow inner bark used for tanning; broad five-lobed leaves are bristle-tipped
Quercus prinus
— Noun
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~ medium to large deciduous tree of the eastern United States; its durable wood is used as timber or split and woven into baskets or chair seats
Quercus laevis
— Noun
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~ small slow-growing deciduous shrubby tree of dry sandy barrens of southeastern United States having leaves with bristle-tipped lobes resembling turkey's toes
Quercus incana
— Noun
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~ small semi-evergreen shrubby tree of southeastern United States having hairy young branchlets and leaves narrowing to a slender bristly point
Quercus ilex
— Noun
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~ evergreen oak of southern Europe having leaves somewhat resembling those of holly; yields a hard wood
Quercus borealis
— Noun
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~ large symmetrical deciduous tree with rounded crown widely distributed in eastern North America; has large leaves with triangular spiny tipped lobes and coarse-grained wood less durable than that of white oaks
Quercus muehlenbergii
— Noun
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~ medium-sized deciduous tree of the eastern United States that yields a strong durable wood
Quercus palustris
— Noun
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~ fast-growing medium to large pyramidal deciduous tree of northeastern United States and southeastern Canada having deeply pinnatifid leaves that turn bright red in autumn; thrives in damp soil
Quercus kelloggii
— Noun
– English
~ large deciduous tree of the Pacific coast having deeply parted bristle-tipped leaves