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121quench — v 1. satisfy, satiate, sate, flake, surfeit, glut, saturate, allay; Sl. take care of it, Sl. hit the spot; have one s fill, have more than enough, have enough for now; gorge, cloy, pall. 2. extinguish, snuff out, put out, Inf. douse, Inf. dinch,… …
122quiet — I n 1. silence, stillness, hush; soundlessness, noiselessness, quietness, quietude; tranquillity, serenity, placidity, imperturbation, calmness, calm; quiescence, peacefulness, peace; ease, repose, rest. 2. pause, lull, break, halt, standstill,… …
123silence — n 1. stillness, still, hush; noiselessness, soundlessness, quiet, quietness, quietude, Chiefly Irish. whist, Sl. q.t.; peace, peacefulness, peaceableness, calm, calmness, placidity, serenity, tranquility, rest, repose. 2. muteness, Psychiatry.… …
124still — adj 1. motionless, unstirring, unmoving, inert, immovable, immobile, becalmed, stock still, Chiefly Literary. stilly; stationary, stable, fixed, static; stagnant, inactive, passive; idle, sedentary; quiescent, quiet, calm, halcyon, serene,… …
125dampen — v. 1 v.tr. & intr. make or become damp. 2 tr. make less forceful or vigorous; stifle, choke. Derivatives: dampener n …
126warp — v. & n. v. 1 tr. & intr. a make or become bent or twisted out of shape, esp. by the action of heat, damp, etc. b make or become perverted, bitter, or strange (a warped sense of humour). 2 a tr. haul (a ship) by a rope attached to a fixed point. b …
