slukke — meaning in English
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English meaning
- extinguish verb To put out a fire or light.
- quench verb To satisfy thirst, or more broadly, a strong desire.
Senses
slukke is used for these senses in English:
- extinguish (figurative) To put an end to (something) completely; to annihilate, to destroy.
- put out To extinguish (fire).
- switch off (transitive) To stop or disable a device by turning a switch or a lever.
- turn off (transitive) To power down, to switch off, to put out of operation, to deactivate (an appliance, light, mechanism, functionality etc.).
- turn out (transitive, idiomatic) To extinguish a light or other device.
extinguish — full definition
- verb To put out a fire or light.
- verb To put a complete end to something, such as hope or a feeling.
quench — full definition
- verb To satisfy thirst, or more broadly, a strong desire.
- verb To put out a fire or extinguish a flame.
- verb To rapidly cool hot metal by plunging it into water or oil.