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starch
[stahrch] 
,–noun
| 1. | a white, tasteless, solid carbohydrate, (C6H1 0O5)n, occurring in the form of minute granules in the seeds, tubers, and other parts of plants, and forming an important constituent of rice, corn, wheat, beans, potatoes, and many other vegetable foods. |
| 2. | a commercial preparation of this substance used to stiffen textile fabrics in laundering. |
| 3. | starches, foods rich in natural starch. |
| 4. | stiffness or formality, as of manner: He is so full of starch he can't relax. |
| 5. | Informal. vigor; energy; stamina; boldness. |
–verb (used with object)
| 6. | to stiffen or treat with starch. |
| 7. | to make stiff or rigidly formal (sometimes fol. by up). |
Origin:
1375–1425; (v.) late ME sterchen orig., to stiffen, OE stercean to make stiff, strengthen, deriv. of stearc stark; c. G stärken to strengthen; (n.) late ME starch(e), sterche, deriv. of the v.
1375–1425; (v.) late ME sterchen orig., to stiffen, OE stercean to make stiff, strengthen, deriv. of stearc stark; c. G stärken to strengthen; (n.) late ME starch(e), sterche, deriv. of the v.
Related forms:
starchless, adjective
starchlike, adjective
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