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  1. starch:


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Detailed Synonyms for starch in English

starch:

starch [the ~] noun

  1. the starch
    the starch
  2. the starch
    – a commercial preparation of starch that is used to stiffen textile fabrics in laundering 1
    the starch
    – a commercial preparation of starch that is used to stiffen textile fabrics in laundering 1
  3. the starch
    – a complex carbohydrate found chiefly in seeds, fruits, tubers, roots and stem pith of plants, notably in corn, potatoes, wheat, and rice; an important foodstuff and used otherwise especially in adhesives and as fillers and stiffeners for paper and textile 1
    the starch; the amylum
    – a complex carbohydrate found chiefly in seeds, fruits, tubers, roots and stem pith of plants, notably in corn, potatoes, wheat, and rice; an important foodstuff and used otherwise especially in adhesives and as fillers and stiffeners for paper and textile 1

to starch verb (starchs, starched, starching)

  1. to starch
    stiffen; to starch
  2. to starch
    – stiffen with starch 1
    to starch
    – stiffen with starch 1
    • starch verb (starchs, starched, starching)
      • starch clothes1

Conjugations for starch:

present
  1. starch
  2. starch
  3. starchs
  4. starch
  5. starch
  6. starch
simple past
  1. starched
  2. starched
  3. starched
  4. starched
  5. starched
  6. starched
present perfect
  1. have starched
  2. have starched
  3. has starched
  4. have starched
  5. have starched
  6. have starched
past continuous
  1. was starching
  2. were starching
  3. was starching
  4. were starching
  5. were starching
  6. were starching
future
  1. shall starch
  2. will starch
  3. will starch
  4. shall starch
  5. will starch
  6. will starch
continuous present
  1. am starching
  2. are starching
  3. is starching
  4. are starching
  5. are starching
  6. are starching
subjunctive
  1. be starched
  2. be starched
  3. be starched
  4. be starched
  5. be starched
  6. be starched
diverse
  1. starch!
  2. let's starch!
  3. starched
  4. starching
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

Related Words for "starch":

  • starching, starches

Alternate Synonyms for "starch":


Related Definitions for "starch":

  1. a commercial preparation of starch that is used to stiffen textile fabrics in laundering1
  2. a complex carbohydrate found chiefly in seeds, fruits, tubers, roots and stem pith of plants, notably in corn, potatoes, wheat, and rice; an important foodstuff and used otherwise especially in adhesives and as fillers and stiffeners for paper and textile1
  3. stiffen with starch1
    • starch clothes1

Related Synonyms for starch