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clearstarching

clearstarching is the present participle and gerund of clearstarch.

Meaning of clearstarch

Verb

clearstarch (third-person singular simple present clearstarches, present participle clearstarching, simple past and past participle clearstarched)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To stiffen with starch, and then make clear by clapping with the hands.
    • to clearstarch caps

Questions about clearstarching

What is clearstarching the present participle and gerund of?
Clearstarching is the present participle and gerund of clearstarch.

Words near clearstarching in the dictionary

  1. clearstarch
  2. clearstarched
  3. clearstarcher
  4. clearstarchers
  5. clearstarches
  6. clearstarching
  7. clearstoried
  8. clearstories
  9. clearstory
  10. cleartext
  11. cleartexts

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Adapted from Wiktionary: clearstarching (page history and authors); clearstarch (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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