starched
1starched — [ startʃd ] adjective starched clothes have been made stiff with starch: a starched collar …
2Starched — (st[aum]rcht), a. 1. Stiffened with starch. [1913 Webster] 2. Stiff; precise; formal. Swift. [1913 Webster] …
3starched — index formal, punctilious, rigid Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
4starched — [[t]stɑ͟ː(r)tʃt[/t]] ADJ: usu ADJ n A starched garment or piece of cloth has been made stiffer using starch. ...a starched white shirt. ...starched napkins …
5starched — UK [stɑː(r)tʃd] / US [stɑrtʃd] adjective starched clothes have been made stiff with starch a starched collar …
6starched — AND starchy mod. alcohol intoxicated. (See also stiff.) □ Man, was he starched! □ No, he wasn’t quite stiff, but he was starched …
7Starched — Starch Starch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Starched} (st[aum]rcht); p. pr. & vb. n. {Starching}.] To stiffen with starch. [1913 Webster] …
8starched — adj. Starched is used with these nouns: ↑collar, ↑linen …
9starched — adjective a) Of or pertaining to a garment which has had starch applied. b) Stiff, formal, rigid; prim and proper …
10starched — Synonyms and related words: buckram, firm, in buckram, pokerlike, prim, ramrodlike, renitent, rigid, rodlike, starch, starchy, stiff, stiff as buckram, stilted, taut, tense, tight, unrelaxed, virgate …
