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Definition of starch verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

starch

verb

NAmE//stɑrtʃ//

[usually passive] starch somethingVerb Forms present simple I / you / we / they starch

he / she / it starches

past simple starched

-ing form starching

to make clothes, sheets, etc. stiff using starch a starched white shirt

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