starch

starch

 (stärch)

n.

1. A naturally abundant nutrient carbohydrate, (C₆H₁₀O₅)_n, found chiefly in the seeds, fruits, tubers, roots, and stem pith of plants, notably in corn, potatoes, wheat, and rice, and varying widely in appearance according to source but commonly prepared as a white amorphous tasteless powder.

2. Any of various substances, such as natural starch, used to stiffen cloth, as in laundering.

3. starches Foods having a high content of starch, as rice, breads, and potatoes.

4.

a. Stiff behavior: "Dobbs, the butler ... isn't as stiff as he used to be; Ann, my brother's new wife, has loosened up his starch a bit" (Jennifer St. Giles).

b. Vigor; mettle: "Business travel can take the starch out of the most self-assured corporate titan" (Lisa Faye Kaplan).

tr.v. starched, starch·ing, starch·es

To stiffen with starch.

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[Middle English starche, substance used to stiffen cloth (sense uncertain), from sterchen, to stiffen, from Old English *stercan; see ster- in Indo-European roots.]

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starch

(stɑːtʃ)

n

1. (Biochemistry) a polysaccharide composed of glucose units that occurs widely in plant tissues in the form of storage granules, consisting of amylose and amylopectin.

2. (Biochemistry) Also called: amylum a starch obtained from potatoes and some grain: it is fine white powder that forms a translucent viscous solution on boiling with water and is used to stiffen fabric and in many industrial processes

3. (Cookery) any food containing a large amount of starch, such as rice and potatoes

4. stiff or pompous formality of manner or conduct

vb

(Clothing & Fashion) (tr) to stiffen with or soak in starch

adj

(of a person) formal; stiff

[Old English stercan (unattested except by the past participle sterced) to stiffen; related to Old Saxon sterkian, Old High German sterken to strengthen, Dutch sterken; see stark]

ˈstarcher n

ˈstarchˌlike adj

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starch

(stɑrtʃ)

n.

1. a white, tasteless, solid carbohydrate, (C₆H₁₀O₅)_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.

5. vigor; energy; stamina; boldness.

v.t.

6. to stiffen or treat with starch.

7. to make stiff or rigidly formal (sometimes fol. by up).

[1375–1425; (v.) late Middle English sterchen orig., to stiffen, Old English stercean to strengthen, derivative of stearc stark; (n.) late Middle English starch(e), sterche, derivative of the v.]

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starch

(stärch)

1. A carbohydrate that is the chief form of stored energy in plants, especially wheat, corn, rice, and potatoes. Starch is a kind of polysaccharide and forms a white, tasteless powder when purified. It is an important source of nutrition and is also used to make adhesives, paper, and textiles.

2. Any of various substances, including natural starch, used to stiffen fabrics.

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starch

Past participle: starched
Gerund: starching

Imperative

starch

starch

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starch

Carbohydrate from cereals and potatoes.

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	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 textiles amylum arum - starch resembling sago that is obtained from cuckoopint root cassava, cassava starch, manioc, manioca - a starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant; the source of tapioca; a staple food in the tropics polyose, polysaccharide - any of a class of carbohydrates whose molecules contain chains of monosaccharide molecules arrowroot - a nutritive starch obtained from the root of the arrowroot plant cornflour, cornstarch - starch prepared from the grains of corn; used in cooking as a thickener sago - powdery starch from certain sago palms; used in Asia as a food thickener and textile stiffener amyloid - a non-nitrogenous food substance consisting chiefly of starch; any substance resembling starch Otaheite arrowroot, Otaheite arrowroot starch - a starch obtained from the root of the pia
	2.	starch - a commercial preparation of starch that is used to stiffen textile fabrics in laundering formulation, preparation - a substance prepared according to a formula; "the physician prescribed a commercial preparation of the medicine"
Verb	1.	starch - stiffen with starch; "starch clothes" stiffen - make stiff or stiffer; "Stiffen the cream by adding gelatine"

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starch

noun

Related words
adjective amylaceous

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starch

noun

A quality of active mental and physical forcefulness:

dash, punch, verve, vigor, vigorousness, vim, vitality.

Informal: snap.

Idiom: vim and vigor.

verb

To make stiff or stiffer:

stiffen.

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Translations

نَشاءنَشاء الثِّيابيُنَشّي الثِّيابنشاء

škrobškrobit

stivelsestive

StärkestärkenSteifheit

άμυλο

almidón

tärkkelystärkkijäykkäjäykkyystärkätä

amidonamidonnerempeserfécule

עמילן

škrob

keményítőkikeményít

mjölvi, sterkjastífastífelsi

amidoapprettoinamidare

澱粉

전분

krakmolaskrakmolingumaskrakmolytaskrakmolytiturintis krakmolo

cietecietinātstērķelestērķelēt

zetmeelstijfsel

stivelsestivelsesmiddelgjøre stiv

skrobiasztywnośćkrochmalkrochmalić

amidoengomarfécula

крахмалкрахмалить

škrobškrobiť

škrob

stärkelse

แป้ง

nişastakolakolalamak

tinh bột

淀粉上浆浆粉

starch

[stɑːtʃ]

A. N (for clothes etc) → almidón m; (in food) → fécula f

B. VT → almidonar

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starch

[ˈstɑː^rtʃ] n

(in potatoes, rice, flour, bread) → amidon m

(for stiffening cloth) → amidon m

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starch

n → Stärke f; low in starch → stärkearm

vt → stärken

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starch

[stɑːtʃ]

1. n → amido

2. vt → inamidare

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starch

(staːtʃ) noun

1. a white food substance found especially in flour, potatoes etc. Bread contains starch. stysel نَشاء скорбяла amido škrob die Stärke stivelse άμυλο tärklis نشاسته tärkkelys fécule, amidonעמילן मांडी, कलफ škrob keményítő kanji mjölvi, sterkja amido でん粉 녹말 krakmolas ciete; stērķele kanji zetmeelstivelseskrobiaamido feculă, amidon крахмал škrob škrob skrob stärkelse แป้ง nişasta 澱粉 крохмаль میدہ tinh bột 淀粉

2. a powder prepared from this, used for stiffening clothes. stysel نَشاء الثِّياب нишесте goma škrob die Stärke (tøj-)stivelse κόλλα κολαρίσματος tärklis آهار tärkki amidonעמילן कलफ चढ़ाने में उपयोग होने वाला पाउडर štirka keményítő tepung kanji stífelsi appretto 洗たくのり (세탁용의) 풀 krakmolas ciete; stērķele kanji stijfsel stivelsesmiddel krochmal goma amidon крахмал škrob škrob štirak stärkelse แป้งขาวใช้ลงผ้าแข็ง kola 澱漿粉(漿衣服用) крохмаль کلف hồ 浆粉（浆衣服用）

verb

to stiffen (clothes) with starch. stysel يُنَشّي الثِّياب колосвам engomar škrobit stärken stive κολαρίζω tärgeldama آهار زدن tärkätä empeser לְעֲמלֵן कलफ चढ़ाना, कलफ लगाना škrobiti, štirkati (ki)keményít menganji stífa inamidare, apprettare のりをつける 풀을 먹여 빳빳하게 하다 krakmolyti cietināt; stērķelēt menganji stijven gjøre stiv, stive krochmalić engomar a apreta крахмалить škrobiť škrobiti uštirkati stärka ลงแป้งให้แข็ง kolalamak (衣服)上漿 крохмалити کپڑے کو کلف لگانا hồ vải, làm cứng （衣服）上浆

ˈstarchy adjective

like or containing starch. cake, biscuits and other starchy foods. styselagtig نَشَوي съдържащ скорбяла amiláceo škrobovitý stärkehaltig stivelsesholdig αμυλώδης, αμυλούχος tärkliseline نشاسته دار tärkkelyspitoinen féculent מְכִיל עֲמִילָן मांडमय, कलफदार, औरपचारिक, शुष्क koji sadrži škrob, uškrobljen keményítő tartalmú mengandung kanji mjölvakenndur amidaceo でんぷん質の 목말의, 녹말을 함유한 turintis krakmolo, krakmolytas cieti saturošs berkanji zetmeelrijk stivelsesholdig skrobiowy, nakrochmalony amiláceo care con­ţine amidon мучнистый škrobnatý škrobnat skrobni stärkelsehaltig เกี่ยวกับแป้ง nişastalı 含澱粉的 крохмалистий; накрохмалений کلفدار có nhiều tinh bột 含淀粉的

ˈstarchiness noun

styselagtigheid نَشَوِيَّه съдържание на скорбяла excesso de amido škrobenost, upjatost die Steifheit stivelsesholdighed περιεκτικότητα σε άμυλο tärkliselisus نشاسته اي tärkkelyspitoisuus raideur נוֹקשוּת कड़ापन uštirkanost, ukočenost feszesség, merevség, kimértség keadaan mengandung kanji stirðleiki rigidità でんぷんっぽさ 풀을 먹여 딱딱함 krakmolingumas cietinājums; stērķelējums kandungan kanji stijfheid det som inneholder stivelse sztywność w zachowaniu excesso de amido rigiditate мучнистость škrobenosť, upätosť togost uštirkanost stärkelsehalt ความเป็นแป้ง nişastalı olma 澱粉質，漿糊狀 крохмалистість کلفداری sự có hồ bột, sự cứng nhắc 淀粉质，浆糊状，拘泥

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starch

→ نَشاء škrob stivelse Stärke άμυλο almidón tärkkelys amidon škrob amido 澱粉 전분 zetmeel stivelse skrobia amido крахмал stärkelse แป้ง nişasta tinh bột 淀粉

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starch

n. almidón, fécula, elemento principal de los carbohidratos;

v. almidonar.

English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

starch

n almidón m

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