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noun | verb starchstarch1 /stɑrtʃ/ noun 1[uncountable] science, biology a white substance that provides your body with energy but has no taste, and is found in foods such as grain, rice, and potatoes2[countable] a food that contains this substance: Starches such as potatoes are a part of most good diets.3[uncountable] a substance that is mixed with water and is used to make cloth stiff4take the starch out of somebody to make someone feel less confident noun | verb starchstarch2 verb [transitive] ETYMOLOGYstarch2Origin: 1400-1500 Probably from an unrecorded Old English stercan to make stiff VERB TABLEstarch |
| Present | I, you, we, they | starch | | he, she, it | starches | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | starched | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have starched | | he, she, it | has starched | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had starched | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will starch | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have starched |
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| Present | I | am starching | | he, she, it | is starching | | you, we, they | are starching | | Past | I, he, she, it | was starching | | you, we, they | were starching | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been starching | | he, she, it | has been starching | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been starching | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be starching | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been starching |
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