{
    "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."
}