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    starch
    [stärCH]
    noun
    starch (noun)
    1. an odorless, tasteless white substance occurring widely in plant tissue and obtained chiefly from cereals and potatoes. It is a polysaccharide which functions as a carbohydrate store and is an important constituent of the human diet.
      • food containing starch:
        "they eat far too much starch"
    2. powder or spray made from starch and used before ironing to stiffen fabric or clothing:
      "crisp linen, stiff with starch"
    3. stiffness of manner or character:
      "the starch in her voice"
    verb
    starch (verb) · starches (third person present) · starched (past tense) · starched (past participle) · starching (present participle)
    1. stiffen (fabric or clothing) with starch:
      "starch your collar to keep it straight and stiff"
    2. NORTH AMERICAN ENGLISH
      informal
      (of a boxer) defeat (an opponent) by a knockout:
      "Domenge starched Geddami in the first"
    Origin
    Middle English (earliest as a verb): of Germanic origin; related to Dutch sterken, German stärken ‘strengthen’, also to stark. Old English sterced (in sterced-ferhð ‘stout-hearted’) may show an earlier form of this verb, or may alternatively be related to stark.
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