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starching

starching is the present participle and gerund of starch.

Meaning of starch

Verb

starch (third-person singular simple present starches, present participle starching, simple past and past participle starched)

  1. (transitive) To apply or treat with laundry starch, in order to create a hard, smooth surface.
    • She starched her blouses.

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Questions about starching

What is starching the present participle and gerund of?
Starching is the present participle and gerund of starch.

Words near starching in the dictionary

  1. starches
  2. starchier
  3. starchiest
  4. starchily
  5. starchiness
  6. starching
  7. Starchiojd
  8. starchitect
  9. starchitects
  10. starchitecture
  11. starchitectures

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Adapted from Wiktionary: starching (page history and authors); starch (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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