släcka — meaning in English
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English meaning
- appease verb To calm someone down or make them less angry, especially by giving them what they want.
- extinguish verb To put out a fire or light.
- off adv Away from a place, position, or reference point.
- quench verb To satisfy thirst, or more broadly, a strong desire.
- switch noun A device used to turn an electrical circuit on or off.
Senses
släcka is used for these senses in English:
- appease To make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to dispel (anger or hatred).
- extinguish To stop (fire, etc.) from burning; also, to stop (light, etc.) from shining; to put out, to quench.
- extinguish (figurative) To put an end to (something) completely; to annihilate, to destroy.
- quench (transitive) To satisfy, especially a literal or figurative thirst.
- quench (transitive) To extinguish or put out (as a fire or light).
- 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.