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1.NounA widely diffused vegetable substance, found in seeds, bulbs and tubers, as extracted (e.g. from potatoes, corn, rice, etc.) in the form of a white, glistening, granular or powdery substance, without taste or smell, and giving a very peculiar creaking sound when rubbed between the fingers. It is used as a food, in the production of commercial grape sugar, for stiffening linen in laundries, in making paste, etc.
2.NounCarbohydrates, as with grain and potato based foods.
3.NounA stiff, formal manner; formality.
4.NounFortitude.
5.NounAny of various starch-like substances used as a laundry stiffener.
6.VerbTo apply or treat with laundry starch, in order to create a hard, smooth surface."She starched her blouses."
7.AdjectiveStiff; precise; rigid.